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in Class 12 by kratos

A spherical ball is dropped in a long column of a viscous liquid. The speed of the ball as a function of time may be best represented by the graph

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D.

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by kratos
 
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The correct answer is (b) B

Explanation:

When the ball falls in the long column of viscous liquid, it starts with zero speed and with a certain acceleration. As time passes its acceleration decreases with time.

In the speed time graph, the speed is zero at t = 0 only in graph A and B. The slope of the speed-time graph gives the acceleration. The slope of A is constant, that means the acceleration is constant which is not the case here. The slope of the graph B decreases with time i.e. the acceleration decreases with time. Thus the motion of the ball is best represented by graph B.

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