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A seconds pendulum clock having steel wire is calibrated at 20 °C. When temperature is increased to 30 °C, then calculate how much time does the clock lose or gain in one week αsteel=1.2×10-5 C-1
PhysicsThermal Properties of MatterJEE Main
Options:
  • A 0.3628 s
  • B 3.626 s
  • C 362.8 s
  • D 36.28 s
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 36.28 s
The time period of the second's pendulum = 2 s

Change in the time period, Δ T = 1 2 T α Δ θ

Δ T = 1 2   2   1 . 2 × 1 0 - 5   3 0 - 2 0

       = 1 . 2 × 1 0 - 4  s

New time period,  T = T + Δ T

                              T = 2 . 0 0 0 1 2  s

Time lost in a week,

                    Δ t = Δ T T × t

                         = 1 . 2 × 1 0 - 4 2 . 0 0 0 1 2 × 7 × 2 4 × 3 6 0 0

                        = 3 6 . 28 s

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