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A mass M is suspended from a light spring. An additional mass m added, displaces the spring further by a distance X . Now, the combined mass will oscillate on the spring with time period
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Options:
  • A T=2πmg(M+m)X
  • B T=2π(M+m)Xmg
  • C T=π2mg(M+m)X
  • D T=2π(M+m)mgX
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The correct answer is: T=2π(M+m)Xmg

As an additional mass m is added, the spring is further stretched by a distance X , therefore

kX=mg

k=mgX

The time period of the spring-mass system when both the masses m+M are suspended from the spring,

T=2π(M+m)k

T=2πm+MXmg

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