The amount of work done to break a big water drop of radius ' $R$ ' into 27 small drops of equal radius is…

The amount of work done to break a big water drop of radius ' $R$ ' into 27 small drops of equal radius is 10 J. The work done required to break the same big drop into 64 small drops of equal radius will be
  1. 15 J
  2. 5 J
  3. 20 J
  4. 10 J

Solution

$\begin{aligned}
& W_1=s 4 \pi\left(\frac{R}{3}\right)^2 \times 27-4 \pi R^2 \cdot s \\ & \Rightarrow W_1=4 \pi R^2 \cdot s(2)=10 \text { Joule }
\end{aligned}$
Now, $W_2=s 4 \pi R^2(4-1)=4 \pi R^2 s \times 3$
$\Rightarrow \quad W_2=3 \times \frac{10}{2}=15 \text { Joule }$

Asked in: JEE Main 2025 (24 Jan Shift 1)

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