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Two wires A and B of equal lengths are made of the same material.Wire A has diameter that is twice that of B. If identical weights are suspended from the end of these wires, the increase in length is

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A ideal spring with spring constant k is hung from the ceiling and a block of mass M is attached to its lower end. The mass is released with the spring initially unstretched. Then the maximum extension in the spring is
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The average depth of Indian ocean is about 3000 m. The fractional compression, ΔVV of water at the bottom of the ocean (given the bulk modulus of the water =2.2×109Nm-2 and g=10 m/s2 is
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A solid sphere of radius R made up of a material of bulk modulus K is surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area A floats on the surface of the liquid. When a mass M is placed on the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional change in the radius of the sphere is
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Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. However wire 1 has cross-sectional area A and wire 2 has cross-sectional area 3A. If the length of wire 1 increases by Δx on applying force F, how much force is needed to stretch wire 2 by the same amount?
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A cube is subjected to a uniform volume compression. If the side of the cube decreases by 2%, the bulk strain is
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A cube of side 40 mm has its upper face displaced by 0.1 mm by a tangential force of 8 KN. The shearing modulus of the cube
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The pressure of a medium is changed from 1.01×105 Pa to 1.165×105 Pa and change in volume is 10% keeping temperature constant. The Bulk modulus of the medium is
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Compressibility of water is 5×1010 m2 N-1.  The change in volume of 100 mL water subjected to 15×106 Pa pressure will