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Q18JEE Main 2019 · 10 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Parallel Plate Capacitor

A simple pendulum of length L is placed between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor having electric field E, as shown in figure. Its bob has mass m and charge q. The time period of the pendulum is given by:

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Answer: (c)

mgqEmg_eff
  1. On the bob: weight mgmg downward and qEqE horizontal, perpendicular to each other.
  2. Effective gravity: geff=g2+(qEm)2g_{eff} = \sqrt{g^2 + \left(\frac{qE}{m}\right)^2}
  3. T=2πLgeffT = 2\pi\sqrt{\frac{L}{g_{eff}}}
  4. So the answer is (c) 2πLg2+q2E2m22\pi\sqrt{\frac{L}{\sqrt{g^2 + \frac{q^2E^2}{m^2}}}}.
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