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JEE Main 2022Electrostatics Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

Question

Eight similar drops of mercury are maintained at 12 V each. All these spherical drops combine into a single big drop. The potential energy of bigger drop will be ____________ E. Where E is the potential energy of a single smaller drop.

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Correct answer
32

Step-by-step explanation

From law of conservation of charge





From (i) & (ii), we get

So, Volt

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