1.Units, Dimensions and Measurement
hard

If dimensions of critical velocity $v_c$ of a liquid flowing through a tube are expressed as$ [\eta ^x \rho ^yr^z]$ where  $\eta ,\rho $ and $r $ are the coefficient of viscosity of liquid, density of liquid and radius of the tube respectively, then the values of $x, y$ and $z$ are given by

A

$1,1,1$

B

$1,-1,-1$

C

$-1,-1,1$

D

$-1,-1,-1$

(AIPMT-2015)

Solution

$[ {{v_c}} ] = [ {{\eta ^x}{\rho ^y}{r^z}}] $( {given} 
Writing the dimensions of various quantities in
eqn. ($i$), we get
$\left[ {{M^0}L{T^{ – 1}}} \right] = {\left[ {M{L^{ – 1}}{T^{ – 1}}} \right]^x}{\left[ {M{L^{ – 3}}{T^0}} \right]^y}{\left[ {{M^0}L{T^0}} \right]^z}$
$ = \left[ {{M^{x + y}}{L^{ – x – 3y + z}}{T^{ – x}}} \right]$
Applying the principle of homogeneity of

dimensions we get

$,x + y = 0; – x – 3y + z = 1; – x =  – 1$
On solving we get
$x = 1,y =  – 1,z =  – 1$

Standard 11
Physics

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