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Spring Systems question from NEET 2003 (AIPMT)

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Spring Systems

The time period of mass suspended from a spring is T. If the spring is cut into four equal parts and the same mass is suspended from one of the parts, then the new time period will be

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Answer: (c)

  1. Quarter of the spring: k′=4kk' = 4k.
  2. T′=2πm4k=T2T' = 2\pi\sqrt{\frac{m}{4k}} = \frac{T}{2}.
  3. So the answer is (c) T/2T/2.
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