one in gravitation

A body of superdense material with mass twice the mass of earth butsize very small compared oto the size of earth starts from rest from h<<R above the earth's surface. It reaches earth in time

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msp ·

ram i thought the 2m mass will hit the earth . there will be collision between the two bodies . and i assumed that e wiil one for the collision

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

AND U ASSUMED DAT .................................. I CLDN GET U AFTER DAT......

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msp ·

hey ram i asked akand for the type of the sphere. if it is an insulating sphere then the field inside the sphere will vary and correspondingly it is a pbm similar to our problem

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

K.. K........ DATS A NICE CLUE 2 GET........ BUT AKANDS BUSY WIT INSTNT CHAT........

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msp ·

okay ram kumar i am going to bed gudnight

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

YA.. ME TOOO...... GD NIT...... SEE U TOMOR......

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

LL TRY TO FINISH NOW............

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

K. What's the final solution to this problem? First I thought it was a simple problem and now it's become one of the longest topics ever.(mainly because half the posts there are bullshit!)

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msp ·

hey guys what do u think abt this problem
I want everyones reply

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greatvishal swami ·

hii gang !!!!

r we getin any prize for making it the longest thread ever(:D)

for others i will try to summarise our discussion(dat is topic related discussion)

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

request byah fr it.............. ha ha ..........

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kartik_palli ·

simply use centre of mass principle............
answer is √[2h/3g]..................

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

Post the full solution please, kartik [1]

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Akand ·

hw did u do tht kartik...........explain......

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msp ·

karti palli Please post ur soln

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Akand ·

wher did karti go?????????

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greatvishal swami ·

now wats the real ans ram tell dis 1st

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

√2h/3g is the correct ans.

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

hey dat was nt ma question.......... let me solve it out.... wt fr a while.......

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greatvishal swami ·

correction ram Q was sankar's i just realized

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Pavithra Ramamoorthy ·

but sankar has d solution as √2h/3g.........
he too doesnt knew d way of solvin...........

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

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Shreyan ·

Yaar...this question is quite easy...

(h and x are exaggerated)

Using Law of gravitation and centre of mass concept [M1a1 = M2a2],
we get

acc of earth = 2g
acc of mass = g

Now, we see that both the mass and the earth will move towards their common center of mass (at 2R/3 from centre of earth)
that means the earth will move towards the mass.

Suppose at time t, the earth moves x.
thus, the mass will move (h - x) in same time t.

x = 1/2 (2g) t2........................................... (1)

=> t =√x/g

also,
h - x = 1/2 (g) t2

h - x = 1/2 (g) x/g

h = 3/2 (x)

=> x = 2/3 h

putting in (1), we get

t = √2h/3g

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Shreyan ·

h is negligible doesn't mean that the mass is already on the surface of earth....
it means that g doesn't change wid height...

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

Thanx Shreyan. [4] You will receive an award tomorrow as well[9] cos u have posted one of the more useful replies in this thread [3]. Thanx again [1]

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abhijeetkumar kumar ·

hey its not that much difficult!

we must consider the center of mass!
here centre of mass with respect to earth= (2m*h+0)/(m+2m)

which gives= 2h/3

so the actual distance to be covered by the body = h-(2h/3)

=h/3!

so as h<<r so

g remains constant!

s=ut+1/2at(2)

h/3=0+1/2gt2
which gives time to reach as t2=2h/3g !

ok....!

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

If you're getting this considering earth as a point mass then think again. Earth is not to be considered as a point mass.

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abhijeetkumar kumar ·

ya as the question suggest that the body is very small in sixe as compared to earth so considering both is not wrong!!

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Akand ·

waah....after so many days.......we hav got an answer.......im so happy

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