Q. When a body of mass 1.0 kg is suspended from a certain light spring hanging vertically, its length increases by 5 cm. by suspending 2.0 kg block to the spring and if the block is pulled through 10 cm and released, the maximum velocity in it ($in\ ms^{- 1}$) is (acceleration due to gravity=10 $ms^{- 2}$)

A) 0.5
B) 1
C) 2
D) 4
Explanation

(b) $m_{1} = 1\ kg,\ extension\ l_{1} = 5\ cm = 5 \times 10^{2}\ m$
$\therefore$ $m_{1}g = kl_{1}$
$k =$ force constant of the spring
$k = \frac{m_{1}g}{l_{1}} = \frac{1 \times 10}{5 \times 10^{- 2}} = 200\ Nm^{- 1}$
Time period of the block of mass 2 kg.
$T = 2\pi\sqrt{\frac{m}{k}} = 2\pi\sqrt{\frac{2}{200}} = 2\pi \times \frac{1}{10} = \frac{\pi}{5}$ s
Maximum velocity $v_{\max} = A\omega$
where $A =$ Amplitude
$= 10\ cm = 10 \times 10^{- 2}\ m$
$v_{\max} = A \times \frac{2\pi}{T} = 10 \times 10^{- 2} \times \frac{2\pi}{\frac{\pi}{5}}$
$= 10^{- 1} \times 2 \times 5 = 1\ ms^{- 1}$

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.

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