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QJEEM18Ph6c5a: JEE Main 2018 Physics - Class 11 JEEM18Ph6c5a Solution: When an air bubble of radius r rises from the bottom to the…
When an air bubble of radius r rises from the bottom to the surface of a lake its radius becomes Taking the atmospheric pressure to be equal to 10 m height of water column, the depth of the lake would approximately be (ignore the surface tension and the effect of temperature) :
Multiple Choice Options
- A 11.2 m
- B 8.7 m
- C 9.5 m
- D 10.5 m
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Given, bubble of radius r rises from bottom of lake. The radius of bubble at top becomes 5r/4. Therefore, pressure in bubble at bottom is
Pressure in bubble at top is
Now, we know , therefore,
Now given P0 = 10 g, therefore,
Neglecting effect of temperature, we get
h 9.5 m