JEE Main 2026 — Kinetic Theory of Gases Question with Solution
JEE Main 2026 (22 January Shift 1)
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A cylindrical tube of length , closed at both ends contains an ideal gas of 1 mol having molecular weight . The tube is rotated in a horizontal plane with constant angular velocity about an axis perpendicular to and passing through the edge at end , as shown in the figure. If and are the pressures at and respectively, then (Consider the temperature is same at all points in the tube)
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