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JEE Advanced 2025 — Paper 1 — Question 6

A person sitting inside an elevator performs a weighing experiment with an object of mass 50 kg . Suppose that the variation of the height yy (in m ) of the elevator, from the

ground, with time tt (in s) is given by y=8[1+sin⁡(2πtT)]y=8\left[1+\sin \left(\frac{2 \pi t}{T}\right)\right], where T=40π sT=40 \pi \mathrm{~s}. Taking acceleration due to gravity, g=10 m/s2g=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}, the maximum variation of the object's weight (in N ) as observed in the experiment is \qquad

Answer: 2

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

y=8+8sin⁡2πtTy=8+8 \sin \frac{2 \pi t}{T}

With respect to elevator, variation in weight will be

ΔW=m(Δa)max \Delta \mathrm{W}=\mathrm{m}(\Delta \mathrm{a})_{\text {max }}

ΔW=m×2ω2 A\Delta \mathrm{W}=\mathrm{m} \times 2 \omega^{2} \mathrm{~A}

Here elevator is performing SHM

ΔW=2 m×(2π T)2×AN\Delta \mathrm{W}=2 \mathrm{~m} \times\left(\frac{2 \pi}{\mathrm{~T}}\right)^{2} \times \mathrm{A} \mathrm{N}

ΔW=2×50×(2π40π)2×8 N\Delta \mathrm{W}=2 \times 50 \times\left(\frac{2 \pi}{40 \pi}\right)^{2} \times 8 \mathrm{~N}

ΔW=2×50×1400×8 N\Delta \mathrm{W}=2 \times 50 \times \frac{1}{400} \times 8 \mathrm{~N}

ΔW=800400 N=2 N\Delta \mathrm{W}=\frac{800}{400} \mathrm{~N}=2 \mathrm{~N}

Ans. is (B)

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Exam
JEE Advanced 2025
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Simple Harmonic Motion
Topic
Kinematics of SHM, Phase and Energy in SHM
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