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A tunnel has been dug through the centre of the earth and a ball is released in it. It executes S.H.M. with time period
PhysicsOscillationsBITSATBITSAT 2014
Options:
  • A 42 minutes
  • B 1 day
  • C 1 hour
  • D 84.6 minutes
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The correct answer is: 84.6 minutes
$\mathrm{T}=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{R}}{\mathrm{g}}}=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{64 \times 10^{6}}{9.8}}$

$=2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times \frac{8 \times 10^{3}}{7 \times \sqrt{2}}$

$=\frac{\sqrt{2} \times 22 \times 8 \times 1000}{49 \times 60} \min =84.6 \mathrm{~min}$

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