Put a uniform meter scale horizontally on your extended index fingers with the left one at 0.00 cm and the right one at 90.00 cm. When you attempt to move both the fingers slowly towards the center, initially only the left finger slips with respect to the scale and the right finger does not. After some distance, the left finger stops and the right one starts slipping. Then the right finger stops at a distance x_R from the center (50.00 cm) of the scale and the left one starts slipping again. This happens because of the difference in the frictional forces on the two fingers. If the coefficients of static and dynamic friction between the fingers and the scale are 0.40 and 0.32, respectively, the value of x_R (in cm) is ______.

Consider one mole of helium gas enclosed in a container at initial pressure P₁ and volume V₁. It expands isothermally to volume 4V₁. After this, the gas expands adiabatically and its volume becomes 32V₁. The work done by the gas during isothermal and adiabatic expansion processes are W_iso and W_adia, respectively. If the ratio $${{{W_{iso}}} \over {{W_{adia}}}}$$ = f ln 2, then f is ______.

Shown in the figure is a semicircular metallic strip that has thickness t and resistivity $$\rho $$. Its inner radius is R₁ and outer radius is R₂. If a voltage V₀ is applied between its two ends, a current I flows in it. In addition, it is observed that a transverse voltage $$\Delta $$V develops between its inner and outer surfaces due to purely kinetic effects of moving electrons (ignore any role of the magnetic field due to the current). Then (figure is schematic and not drawn to scale)

The filament of a light bulb has surface area 64 mm² . The filament can be considered as a black body at temperature 2500 K emitting radiation like a point source when viewed from far. At night the light bulb is observed from a distance of 100 m. Assume the pupil of the eyes of the observer to be circular with radius 3 mm. Then

(Take Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.67 $$ \times $$ 10⁻⁸ Wm⁻²K⁻⁴ , Wien’s displacement constant = 2.90 $$ \times $$ 10⁻³ m-K, Planck’s constant = 6.63 $$ \times $$ 10⁻³⁴ Js, speed of light in vacuum = 3.00 $$ \times $$ 10⁸ ms⁻¹)