
Twenty-seven identical spherical drops of mercury are each maintained at a potential of \(10~\text{V}.\) If all these drops coalesce to form a single large spherical drop, then the potential energy of this larger drop will be how many times that of one of the smaller drops?
| 1. | \(143\) | 2. | \(243\) |
| 3. | \(348\) | 4. | \(564\) |
Two identical electric point dipoles have dipole moments \(\vec{P}_1=P\hat{i}\) and \(\vec{P}_2=-P\hat{i}\) and are held on the \(x\) axis at distance '\(a\)' from each other. When released, they move along the \(x\)-axis with the direction of their dipole moments remaining unchanged. If the mass of each dipole is '\(m\)', their speed when they are infinitely far apart is:
1. \( \frac{P}{a} \sqrt{\frac{1}{\pi \varepsilon_0 m a}} \)
2. \(\frac{P}{a} \sqrt{\frac{3}{2 \pi \varepsilon_0 \mathrm{ma}}} \)
3. \(\frac{P}{a} \sqrt{\frac{1}{2 \pi \varepsilon_0 m a}} \)
4. \(\frac{P}{a} \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi \varepsilon_0 \mathrm{ma}}}\)