Gujarati
9-1.Fluid Mechanics
easy

A cork is submerged in water by a spring attached to the bottom of a bowl. When the bowl is kept in an elevator moving with acceleration downwards, the length of spring

A

Increases

B

Decreases

C

Remains unchanged

D

None of these

Solution

(b) Effective weight $W' = m(g – a)$ which is less than actual weight $mg,$  so the length of spring decreases.

Standard 11
Physics

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