JEE Advance - Physics (2017 - Paper 2 Offline - No. 12)

Consider an expanding sphere of instantaneous radius R whose total mass remains constant. The expansion is such that the instantaneous density $$\rho $$ remains uniform throughout the volume. The rate of fractional change in density $$\left( {{1 \over \rho } {{d\rho } \over {dt}}} \right)$$ is constant. The velocity $$v$$ of any point on the surface of the expanding sphere is proportional to
$$R$$
$${R^3}$$
$${1 \over R}$$
$${R^{2/3}}$$

Explanation

Density $$\rho = {{mass\,(m)} \over {volume\,(V)}}$$

Volume of sphere $$ = {4 \over 3}\pi {R^3} \Rightarrow \rho = {m \over {{4 \over 3}\pi {R^3}}} = {{3m} \over {4\pi {R^3}}}$$

Rearranging it we get

$$\rho {R^2} = {3 \over {4\pi }}m$$

It is given that mas m remains constant. Let the constant be k. Therefore,

$$\rho {R^3} = k$$

Differentiating it w.r.t. time, we get

$${d \over {dt}}(\rho {R^3}) = 0$$ (Since, differentiation of constant is zero)

$${R^3}{{d\rho } \over {dt}} + 3{R^2}\rho {{dR} \over {dt}} = 0$$

Now $${{dR} \over {dt}}$$, that is, rate of change of radius is equal to velocity. Therefore,

$${R^3}{{d\rho } \over {dt}} + 3{R^2}\rho v = 0 \Rightarrow 3{R^2}\rho v = - {R^3}{{d\rho } \over {dt}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow v = {{ - 1} \over 3}{{{R^3}} \over {{R^2}}}{1 \over \rho }{{d\rho } \over {dt}} = {{ - 1R} \over 3}{1 \over \rho }{{d\rho } \over {dt}}$$

It is given that rate of fractional change in density $$\left( {{1 \over \rho }{{d\rho } \over {dt}}} \right)$$ is constant. Thus,

v $$\propto$$ R

Thus velocity of any point on surface of expanding sphere is proportional to R.

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