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One end of a thermally insulated rod is kept at a temperature and the other at . The rod is composed of two sections of length and and thermal conductivities and respectively. The temperature at the interface of the two section is 

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Correct answer: D
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Let the temperature at the interface be .
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In steady state, the heat current through both sections of the rod must be the same.
For section : rac{Q}{t} = K_1 A \frac{T_1 - T}{L_1}
For section : rac{Q}{t} = K_2 A \frac{T - T_2}{L_2}
- Equate the two expressions:
Area cancels:
- Cross-multiply:
Expand:
- Collect terms in :
Hence,
- Compare with the options:
- Option A: incorrect
- Option B: incorrect
- Option C: incorrect
- Option D: matches exactly
Therefore, the correct answer is:
- Verification with stored answer: Stored correct answer is , which matches the derived answer.
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