Q.

The amount of work done to break a big water drop of radius 'R' into 27 small drops of equal radius is 10 J. The work done required to break the same big drop into 64 small drops of equal radius will be          [2025]

1 15 J  
2 10 J  
3 20 J  
4 5 J  

Ans.

(1)

The amount of work done to break a big water drop into small drops,

W=U=TA

One drop to n drops

43πR3=n43πr3  r= Rn13

So, W=T(n4πr24πR2)=T4πR2(n1/31)

For one drop to 27 drops

W=T4πR2(271/31)                         ...(i)

For one drop to 64 drops

W'=T4πR2(641/31)                       ...(ii)

(ii)/(i)

W'W=4131=32  W'=32W= 15 J