INPhO 2019, Теория — Задача 7. A magnet on a metallic inclined plane
Indian National Physics Olympiad – 2019 · 3 февруари 2019 г. · 13 т.
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The complete retained question booklet includes summary answer boxes, eighteen blank detailed-answer pages and three blank graph sheets. All matching archived HBCSE key content is retained, including both full handwritten graph sheets and accepted alternatives/ranges. Printed exponent, sign, factor, notation and unit inconsistencies remain literal with labelled source notes.
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Indian National Physics Olympiad – 2019
Date: 03 February 2019. Time: 09:00–12:00 (3 hours). Maximum Marks: 75.
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Table of Constants
| Constant | Symbol | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Speed of light in vacuum | ||
| Planck’s constant | ||
| Universal constant of Gravitation | ||
| Magnitude of electron charge | ||
| Rest mass of electron | ||
| Value of | ||
| Avogadro’s number | ||
| Acceleration due to gravity | ||
| Universal Gas Constant | ||
| Permeability constant |
| Question | Marks | Score |
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| 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 14 | |
| 7 | 13 | |
| Total | 75 |
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Native key cover
Solutions of Indian National Physics Olympiad – 2019
The native key cover repeats the nine instructions, twelve constant rows, seven-question score table totalling 75 marks, roll-number form and HBCSE address from the question cover. It prints “20 pages (excluding this page)”; the retained key contains twenty-one PDF pages, including two appended handwritten graph sheets.
Условие
As shown, a magnet of mass slides on a rough non-magnetic metallic inclined plane which makes an angle with the horizontal. One can change the angle of inclination of the plane. Due to relative motion between the magnet and the plane, eddy currents are generated inside the metal which retard motion of the magnet.

Assume that the magnitude of the resistive force on the magnet is where is a positive constant and is the instantaneous speed of the magnet. Let be the coefficient of kinetic friction between the magnet and the plane.
a) If the magnet starts moving from rest at time , obtain the expression of its terminal velocity . Also obtain the displacement along the inclined plane as a function of time. Take .
Summary answer boxes: [blank]; [blank]. [2 т.]
b) For a fixed a student records for all values of as shown in the table below. Draw a suitable graph and obtain the terminal velocity of the magnet from this graph. For this and the next part, three graph papers are provided with this booklet. No extra graph papers will be provided.
| (s) | (m) |
|---|---|
| 0.016 | 0.001 |
| 0.049 | 0.003 |
| 0.070 | 0.006 |
| 0.090 | 0.010 |
| 0.120 | 0.017 |
| 0.174 | 0.029 |
| 0.230 | 0.046 |
| 0.270 | 0.058 |
| 0.320 | 0.074 |
| 0.370 | 0.091 |
Summary answer box: [blank].
Graph is plotted on page no.: [blank]. [4 т.]
c) The above process is repeated for various values of . The obtained values of terminal velocities for the different are given below.
| (degree) | (m/s) |
|---|---|
| 19 | 0.15 |
| 24 | 0.23 |
| 28 | 0.29 |
| 35 | 0.40 |
| 40 | 0.46 |
| 45 | 0.53 |
| 48 | 0.58 |
| 52 | 0.62 |
Plot a suitable graph and obtain the values of and from this graph.
Summary answer boxes: [blank]; [blank].
Graph is plotted on page no.: [blank].



Detailed answers can be found on page numbers: [blank].
END OF THE QUESTION PAPER [7 т.]
Решение
(a)
(b)
slope of the graph .
Accepted range .

The native handwritten sheet is labelled7b, printed page26, with (m) versus (s), a fitted terminal straight line, the full plotted points and scale annotations: on x axis1cm=0.025sec; on y axis1cm=0.005m. It marks two points used for the fitted line and writes slope0.315m/s. The exact handwritten point annotations are preserved in the complete original image; the first coordinate label is not unambiguously legible as text.
(c)
Graph is plotted for vs .
| (m/s) | |
|---|---|
| 0.34 | 0.16 |
| 0.45 | 0.25 |
| 0.53 | 0.33 |
| 0.70 | 0.49 |
| 0.84 | 0.60 |
| 1.00 | 0.75 |
| 1.11 | 0.87 |
| 1.28 | 1.01 |
Slope of the graph .
Intercept .
Accepted range of slope –.
Accepted range of intercept –.
Respective ranges of and are
Determination of and from a graph of vs using an appropriate method also gains credit.

The native handwritten sheet is labelled7c, printed page27, with (m/s) versus , eight plotted points, the full extended line and scales. It writes scale on x axis1cm=0.1; on y axis1cm=0.05m/s; slope0.91m/s; intercept−0.155m/s. The fitted line crosses the horizontal axis near .
Source note: The printed key calls the positive magnitude0.16 the “Intercept”, while the fitted line in the original handwritten graph has a negative vertical intercept and labels−0.155m/s. The printed accepted range for uses m/s although its stated result0.21 uses N·s/m. The literal values, units, signs, alternate-method credit and full native handwritten sheets are retained.
Detailed answers can be found on page numbers: [blank].
END OF THE QUESTION PAPER
Оригинал в Архива: INPhO2019-Question.pdf · решение от архива: INPhO2019-Solution-20190219.pdf