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Q38JEE Main 2023 · 25 JAN · SHIFT 2Medium

Splitting & Merging of Drops

A spherical drop of liquid splits into 1000 identical spherical drops. If ui{}_{i} is the surface energy of the original drop and uf{}_{f} is the total surface energy of the resulting drops, then (ignoring evaporation), ufui=(10x)\frac{u_f}{u_i} = \left(\frac{10}{x}\right). Then value of x is ____________:

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  1. 1000 r3=R3⇒r=R/101000\, r^3 = R^3 \Rightarrow r = R/10.
  2. uf=1000⋅4πR2100T=10 uiu_f = 1000 \cdot 4\pi \frac{R^2}{100} T = 10\, u_i
  3. ufui=10=10x\frac{u_f}{u_i} = 10 = \frac{10}{x}
  4. So x=1x = 1.
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