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‘n’ identical cubes each of mass ‘m’ and side ‘l’ are on the horizontal surface. Then the minimum amount of work done to arrange one on the other is
 

a
nmgl
b
mgl n22
c
mgln(n-!)2
d
mgln(n+!)2

detailed solution

Correct option is C

work done w= mghWork done to put the second one on the top of the first  mgl+l2-mgl2=mgl  (center of mass of the cube has to be considered as the position of the center of mass) similarly for the third one to put on the second work done is  mg2l+l2- mgl2=2mgl similarly for the next work done is 3mgl and so on upto n-1 terms so total work done is mgl(1+2+3+.......n-1) mgln(n-1)2=

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