Energy of the incident photon on the metal surface is ' $3 \mathrm{~W}$ ' and then ' $5 \mathrm{~W}$ ',…

Energy of the incident photon on the metal surface is ' $3 \mathrm{~W}$ ' and then ' $5 \mathrm{~W}$ ', where 'W' is the work function for that metal. The ratio of velocities of emitted photoelectrons is
  1. $1: \sqrt{2}$
  2. $1: 1$
  3. $1: 2$
  4. $1: 4$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \frac{1}{2} m v_{1}^{2}=3 W-W=2 W \\ & \frac{1}{2} m v_{2}^{2}=5 W-W=4 W \\ & \frac{v_{1}^{2}}{v_{2}^{2}}=\frac{1}{2} \\ \therefore & \frac{v_{1}}{v_{2}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 1)

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