6.3 Solutions 263
Therefore, time lost in 43,200 oscillations
= 42,300 ×0.0001 = 4.32 s
6.24
g = g
0
1 −
d
R
(1)
where g and g
0
are the acceleration due to gravity at depth d and surface,
respectively, and R is the radius of the earth.
T = T
0
g
0
g
= T
0
1 −
d
R
−1/2
= T
0
1 +
d
2R
Time registered for the whole day will be proportional to the time period. Thus
T
T
0
=
t
t
0
= 1 +
d
2R
86,400
86,400 − 300
= 1 +
d
2R
Substituting R = 6400 km, we find d = 44.6km.
6.25
(a) Let the liquid level in the left limb be depressed by x, so that it is elevated
by the same height in the right limb (Fig. 6.17). If ρ is the density of the
liquid, A the cross-section of the tube, M the total mass, and m the mass
of liquid corresponding to the length 2x, which provides the unbalanced
force,
Md
2
x
dt
2
=−mg =−(2xAρ)g
d
2
x
dt
2
=−
2Aρg
M
x =−
2Aρgx
hAρ
=−
2gx
h
=−ω
2
x
This is the equation of SHM.
Fig. 6.17