Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electromagnetic Waves

Question:

A TV tower has a height of 100 m. How much population is covered by the TV broadcast if the average population density around the tower is 100 km−2 (radius of the earth= 6.37 × 106 m)

Options:

4 lakh

4 billion

40,000

40 lakh

Correct Answer:

40 lakh

Explanation:

$ d = \sqrt{2hR}$

Population covered

$= \pi d^2 ×$ population density

$= 3.114 × ( 2 × 0.1 × 6.37 × 10^3) × 1000 ≈ 40 lakh$