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Consider the arrangement shown. Light of intensity l coming from an infinite sheet source falls on a perfectly black cone of base diameter l  and semi-vertex angle  θ=tan112. The same light is incident on a perfectly reflecting square mirror of side  l and is keeping it in equilibrium as shown. If mass of the mirror is same as that of the cone, acceleration of the cone is

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a

g22

b

g2

c

g

d

g2

answer is D.

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Force experienced by cone, as it is perfectly absorbing will be 
F = radiation pressure × projected area As projected area of cone is triangle as shown in Fig. 1, we get
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  Fig.1
F= lC×12×b×h    F= lC×12×l×l=ll22c..........(i)       (as  h=l2cotθ=l2×2)=l
Let radiation force experience by square mirror be  F'.
As radiation pressure in case of perfectly reflecting surface is given by
(where , i is angle of incidence)
This force will acting at centre of the mirror, as force is uniformly distributed as shown in FBD of mirror Fig.2
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       Fig.2
For equilibrium of mirror, net torque is zero.
TorqueofF'=Torque   ofmg  F'12=mg122     F'=mg2            ......(iii)
From Eqs.  (ii) and (iii), we get  ll2c=mg2            ......(iv) 
From Eqs. (i) and (iv), we get 
 F=mg22
Acceleration of cone =Fm=g22 

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