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A stationary object at 4 °C and weighing 3.5 kg falls from a height of 2000 m on a snow mountain at 0 oC. If the temperature of the object just before hitting the snow is 0 oC and the object comes to rest immediately, then the object will melt (Use, g=10 m s-2 and latent heat of ice=3.5×105 J kg-1)
PhysicsThermal Properties of MatterNEET
Options:
  • A 2 kg of ice
  • B 200 g of ice
  • C 20 g ice
  • D 2 g of ice
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 200 g of ice
Suppose m kg of ice melts then by using

W(Joules)=H(Joules)

Mgh=mL

3.5×10×2000=m×3.5×105

m=0.2 kg=200 g

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