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An air column 10cm in length is trapped into the sea end of a capillary tube by a 15cm column of mercury with the tube held vertically as shown above. On inverting the tube the air column becomes 15cm long. The atmospheric pressure during the experiment is

  • A. 90cm
  • B. 76cm
  • C. 75cm
  • D. 60cm
  • E. 50cm
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In a resonance tube experiment, which is illustrated above, the velocity of sound in air is 327.68m/s, the frequency of the turning fork used is therefore?

  • A. 128HZ
  • B. 256HZ
  • C. 512HZ
  • D. 768HZ
  • E. 1024HZ
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A uniform bean HK of length 10m and weighing 200N is supported at both ends as shown above. A man weighing 1000N stands at a point P on the beam. If the reactions at point H an K respectively are 800N and 400N, Then the distance HP is
  • A. 4m
  • B. 3.5m
  • C. 3m
  • D. \( 6 \frac{2}{3} \)m
  • E. 7m
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Fig 8 shows a current I flowing in a copper wire situated in a magnetic field existing between the pole-pieces of a horse-shoe magnet.
Which of the following statements is correct?
  • A. The wire will experience a force in the direction into the paper
  • B. The wire will experience a force in the direction out of the paper
  • C. The wire will vibrate in a direction into and out of the paper
  • D. the wire will move in the direction of the field i.e toward the s-pole
  • E. the wire will not move because it is made of copper which is non magnetic
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For the wave motion represented above

The wavelength is given by
  • A. p
  • B. q
  • C. r
  • D. s
  • E. t
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