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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Fluid mechanics
  • JEE Mains 2022
  • Hard
  • Numerical

Two cylindrical vessels of equal cross-sectional area \(16\,cm ^{2}\) contain water upto herghts \(100\,cm\) and \(150\,cm\) respectively. The vessels are interconnected so that the water levels in them become equal. The work done by the force of gravity during the process, is \(......J\) [Take density of water \(=10^{3}\,kg / m ^{3}\) and \(g =10\,ms ^{-2}\) ]

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(B) \(1\)

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\(h =\frac{ h _{1}+ h _{2}}{2}\)

Now,

\(W = U _{1}- U _{f}\)

\(W =\left(\rho A h_{1}\right) g \frac{h_{1}}{2}+\left(\rho A h_{2}\right) g \frac{h_{2}}{2}-\rho A \left( h _{1}+h_{2}\right) g\)

\(\left(\frac{h_{1}+h_{2}}{4}\right)\)

\(W =\frac{\rho Ag }{2}\left[ h _{1}^{2}+ h _{2}^{2}-\frac{\left( h _{1}+ h _{2}\right)^{2}}{2}\right]\)

\(W =1\,J\)