A water drop is divided into 8 equal droplets. The pressure difference between the inner and outer side of…

A water drop is divided into 8 equal droplets. The pressure difference between the inner and outer side of the big drop will be
  1. same as the smaller droplet.
  2. half of that for smaller droplet
  3. $\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^{\text {th }}$ of that for smaller droplet.
  4. twice that for smaller droplet

Solution

Volume of 8 smaller drops $=$ Volume of the bigger drop $\begin{array}{ll} & \Rightarrow 8 \times \frac{4}{3} \pi r^3=\frac{4 \pi}{3} R^3 \\ \therefore & 2 r=R \text { or } r=\frac{R}{2} \end{array}$ $\begin{aligned} & \text { Excess pressure }\left(P_i-P_o\right)=\frac{2 T}{r} \\ & \Delta P_s=\frac{T}{2 r}, \Delta P_B=\frac{T}{2 R} \\ \therefore \quad & \frac{\Delta P_B}{\Delta P_S}=\frac{r}{R}=\frac{1}{2} \\ & \Rightarrow \Delta P_B=\frac{\Delta P_S}{2}\end{aligned}$ *

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (16 May Shift 2)

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