Tyre of a bicycle has volume 2 × 10 - 3   m 3 . Initially the tube is filled 75 % of its volume by…

Tyre of a bicycle has volume 2×10-3 m3. Initially the tube is filled 75% of its volume by air at atmospheric pressure 105 N m-2. When a rider is on the bicycle, the area of contact of tyre with road is 24×10-4 m2. The mass of rider with bicycle is 120 kg. If a pump delivers a volume 500 cm3 of air in each stroke then the number of strokes required to inflate the tyre is g=10 m s-2
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 21
  4. 20

Solution

Given, 

Initial volume, V0=75100×2×10-3 m3=1.5×10-3 m3

and net pressure on tyre is, 

P=mgA+P0=120×1024×10-4+105=6×105 N m-2

Using the ideal gas equation,

PV=nRTn=PVRT=6×105×2×10-3RT...1

again using the ideal gas equation,

P0V1=nRT, from equation 1,

105×V1=6×105×2×10-3V1=12×10-3 m3

So change in volume is,

V=V1-V0=12-1.5×10-3=10.5×10-3 m3

So total air stokes,

=10.5×10-30.5×10-3=21

 

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (25 Apr Shift 1)

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