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Two identical conducting rods are first connected independently to two vessels, one containing water at 100oC and the other containing ice at 0oC. In the second case, the rods are joined end to end and connected to the same vessels. Let q1,q2 grams/sec be the rate of melting of ice in the cases respectively. The ratio q1/q2 is

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1/2
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2/1
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4/1
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1/4
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Solution

The correct option is B 4/1
Rate of melting of ice q1R
Thermal resistance,q1q2=R2R1
Now for series connection R1=R2
For parallel connection R2=2R
q1q2=41

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