JEE Main 2025 — Dual Nature of Matter Question with Solution
JEE Main 2025 (4 Apr Shift 1)
Question
A small mirror of mass is suspended by a massless thread of length . Then the small angle through which the thread will be deflected when a short pulse of laser of energy falls normal on the mirror ( speed of light in vacuum and acceleration due to gravity)
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D
Step-by-step explanation

Force due to beam assuming complete reflection is power
So change in momentum of mirror.
Now using work energy theorem ...(1)

$\begin{aligned}
& \mathrm{W}_{\mathrm{g}}=\Delta \mathrm{k} \\ & -\mathrm{mg} \ell(1-\cos \theta)=0-\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{mv}^2 \\ & \mathrm{~g} \ell\left(2 \sin ^2 \frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\frac{\mathrm{v}^2}{2}
\end{aligned}\theta\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{g} \ell 2\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right)^2=\frac{1}{2} \frac{4 \mathrm{E}^2}{\mathrm{~m}^2 \mathrm{c}^2} \\ & \mathrm{~g} \ell \theta^2=\frac{4 \mathrm{E}^2}{\mathrm{~m}^2 \mathrm{c}^2} \\ & \theta=\frac{2 \mathrm{E}}{\mathrm{mc} \sqrt{\mathrm{g} \ell}}\end{aligned}$
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