Q.2.4 Explain this statement clearly:
“To call a dimensional quantity ‘large’ or ‘small’ is meaningless without specifying a standard for comparison”. In view of this, reframe the following statements wherever necessary:
(a) Atoms are very small objects
(b) A jet plane moves with great speed
(c) The mass of Jupiter is very large
(d) The air inside this room contains a large number of molecules
(e) A proton is much more massive than an electron
(f) The speed of sound is much smaller than the speed of light
Q.2.4 Explain this statement clearly:
“To call a dimensional quantity ‘large’ or ‘small’ is meaningless without specifying a standard for comparison”. In view of this, reframe the following statements wherever necessary:
(a) Atoms are very small objects
(b) A jet plane moves with great speed
(c) The mass of Jupiter is very large
(d) The air inside this room contains a large number of molecules
(e) A proton is much more massive than an electron
(f) The speed of sound is much smaller than the speed of light
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2.4
(a) Atoms are very small compared to a cricket ball
(b) Compared to a car on a busy city road, a jet plane moves with great speed
(c) When compared to the average mass of a human being, mass of Jupiter is very large.
(d) When compared to the air inside a football, the air inside this room contains a large number of molecules
(e) A proton has higher mass compared to that of an electron
(f) The speed of sound is much smaller when calling your friend from your balcony than signaling him with a torch light
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Total moles of gas = n = nOxygen + nOxygen =
Volume of gas = 12 × 22.4 litre = 268.8 litre = 2.688 × 105 cm3
Viscosity = Pascal . Second
=
= x = 1, x + 2y = -1, -x + z = 1
y = -1, Z = 0
Viscosity = [P1A-1T0]
1 msD = 1mm
10 vsD = 9msD
1vsD = 0.9 MsD
L.C. = 1MSD – 1VSD = 1 – 0.9 = 0.1 mm
Zero error = 4LC = 0.4 mm
Reading = MSR + VSR + correction
= 4.1 cm + 6 * .01 cm + (-0.04 cm) = (4.1 + 0.06 – 0.04) cm
= 4.12 cm = 412 * 10-2 cm
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