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A thin copper wire of length L increases in length by 1% when heated from temperature T1 to T2. The percentage change in the area when a thin copper plate having dimensions 2L×L is heated from T1 to T2 is
PhysicsThermal Properties of MatterNEET
Options:
  • A 2%
  • B 1%
  • C 4%
  • D 3%
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 2%
Fractional charge in length

Δll=α.Δθ

Fractional change in area

ΔAA=β.Δθ

But β=2α

  ΔAA=2αΔθ

ΔAA=2Δll

ΔAA=21%=2%

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