A simple pendulum with a bob of mass $40 \mathrm{~g}$ and charge $+2 \mu \mathrm{C}$ makes 20 oscillation in…

A simple pendulum with a bob of mass $40 \mathrm{~g}$ and charge $+2 \mu \mathrm{C}$ makes 20 oscillation in $44 \mathrm{~s}$. A vertical electric field magnitude $4.2 \times 10^4 \mathrm{NC}^{-1}$ pointing downward is applied. The time taken by the pendulum to make 15 oscillation in the electric field is (acceleration due to gravity $=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}$ )
  1. 30 s
  2. 60 s
  3. 90 s
  4. 15 s

Solution

Mass, $m=40 \mathrm{~g}=0.04 \mathrm{~kg}, q=2 \times 10^{-6} \mathrm{C}$ Now, $\quad m a=q E$ $ \begin{aligned} \Rightarrow \quad a & =\frac{q}{m} E \\ & =\frac{2 \times 10^{-6}}{0.04} \times 4.2 \times 10^4 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2 \\ & =2.1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2(\text { downward }) \end{aligned} $ So, effective acceleration on bob, $ a_e=a+g=12.1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2 $ In the absence of electric field, $ T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{10}} $ In the presence of electric field, $ \begin{aligned} T^{\prime} & =2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{a_e}}=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{12.1}} \\ \frac{T}{T^{\prime}} & =\sqrt{\frac{12.1}{10}}=\frac{11}{10} \Rightarrow T^{\prime}=\frac{10}{11} T \end{aligned} $ Given, $\quad T=\frac{44}{20} \Rightarrow T^{\prime}=\frac{10}{11} \times \frac{44}{20}=2 \mathrm{~s}$ So, time taken in 15 oscillations $ =2 \times 15=30 \mathrm{~s} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (22 Apr Shift 1)

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