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The quantities which have the same dimensions as those of solid angle are:

A

stress and angle

B

strain and arc

C

angular speed and stress

D

strain and angle

Step-by-Step Solution

A solid angle (ΔΩ\Delta \Omega ) is defined as the ratio of the intercepted area (ΔA\Delta A) of a spherical surface to the square of its radius (r2r^2), mathematically expressed as ΔΩ=ΔA/r2\Delta \Omega = \Delta A/r^2 . Since both the area and the square of the radius have dimensions of [L2][L^2], the solid angle is a dimensionless quantity [M0L0T0][M^0 L^0 T^0] .

Similarly:

  1. Angle (Plane Angle) is the ratio of arc length (dsds) to radius (rr), making it dimensionless ([L]/[L][L]/[L]) .
  2. Strain is defined as the ratio of the change in a dimension to the original dimension (e.g., ΔL/L\Delta L/L), and thus it also has no dimensions .

Other quantities mentioned have dimensions: stress has dimensions of [ML1T2][ML^{-1}T^{-2}] , arc length is a distance [L][L] , and angular speed has dimensions of [T1][T^{-1}] . Therefore, strain and angle are the only quantities provided that are dimensionless like the solid angle.

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