Plane angle and solid angle have:
- Dimensions but no units
- No units and no dimensions
- Both units and dimensions
- Units but no dimensions
Solution
SI unit of plane angle is radian & Unit of solid angle is steradian.
For dimension of plane angle:
Arc length,
Clearly, it is a ratio of two quantities of the same dimension, hence it is dimensionless.
For dimension of solid angle:
Solid angle can be considered as a 3D analogue of a plane angle. It is given by the equation,
, where is the area and is the radius.
Therefore, its dimensions will be, , hence it is also dimensionless.
Asked in: NEET 2022 (Phase 1)