Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 733

Question: A wire of radius r and another wire of radius 2r, both of same material and length are connected in series to each other. The combination is connected across a battery. The ratio of the heats produced in the two wires will be

Options:

A) 4.00

B) 2.00

C) 0.50

D) 0.25

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

[a] $ H=I^{2}Rt.\text{ Here }R _{1}=\rho \frac{1}{\pi r^{2}}\text{ and } $

$ R _{2}=\rho \frac{1}{\pi {{( 2r )}^{2}}}\text{ That is, }R _{1}=4R _{2}. $

$ \text{Hence, }\frac{H _{1}}{H _{2}}=4 $