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A brass wire of length 2 m and radius 1 mm at 27° C is held taut between two rigid supports. Initially it was cooled to a temperature of -43° C…

JEE Main 2026 — Physics Thermodynamics

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A brass wire of length 2 m and radius 1 mm at 27∘C27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}27∘C is held taut between two rigid supports. Initially it was cooled to a temperature of −43∘C-43^{\circ} \mathrm{C}−43∘C creating a tension TTT in the wire. The temperature to which the wire has to be cooled in order to increase the tension in it to 1.4T1.4 T1.4T, is ____\_\_\_\_____ ∘C{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}∘C.

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Held on 24 Jan 2026 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    -86

  2. B

    -65

  3. C

    -71

  4. D

    -80

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