GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 Shift 2 Solved Paper

Question : 8 of 65

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In manufacturing industries, loss is usually taken to be proportional to the square of the deviation from a target. If the loss is Rs. 4900 for a deviation of 7 units, what would be the loss in Rupees for a deviation of 4 units from the target?

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Validate

Solution:

Loss

=k d^{2} \;\;

For duration of 7 units

4900=k(7)^{2} ⇒ k=100

Loss

=k d^{2} \;\;

For duration of 7 units

=k(4)^{2} ⇒ 16 k=1600

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