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A block of mass m is kept on a rough horizontal surface and is attached with a massless spring of force constant k. The minimum constant force applied on the other end of the spring to lift the block is 

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Options:
  • A Mg
  • B Mg2
  • C 2Mg
  • D Mg(1 + k)
     
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Mg2
As  W ext = Δ E = 1 2 Kx 2  ;  F.x = 1 2 Kx 2  or  F = K x 2

For lifting Kx = Mg or F = Mg 2
 

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