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Assertion: The time period of the SHM of a system consisting of a mass attached to spring does not depend on whether it is
hanging vertically from fixed support or lying on a horizontal table with another end of the spring fixed.
Reason: In the spring block system gravity affects only the mean position. The time period depends only on mass \& spring
constant.
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hanging vertically from fixed support or lying on a horizontal table with another end of the spring fixed.
Reason: In the spring block system gravity affects only the mean position. The time period depends only on mass \& spring
constant.
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The time period of the SHM of a system consisting of a mass attached to spring does not depend on whether it is hanging vertically from fixed support or lying on a horizontal table with another end of the spring fixed. In the spring block system gravity affects only the mean position. The time period depends only on mass & spring constant.
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