JEE Main & Advanced Physics Simple Harmonic Motion Question Bank Spring Pendulum

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    A particle at the end of a spring executes simple harmonic motion with a period \[{{t}_{1}}\], while the corresponding period for another spring is \[{{t}_{2}}\]. If the period of oscillation with the two springs in series is T, then                              [AIEEE 2004]

    A)            \[T={{t}_{1}}+{{t}_{2}}\]

    B)            \[{{T}^{2}}=t_{1}^{2}+t_{2}^{2}\]

    C)            \[{{T}^{-1}}=t_{1}^{-1}+t_{2}^{-1}\]                              

    D)            \[{{T}^{-2}}=t_{1}^{-2}+t_{2}^{-2}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       \[{{t}_{1}}=2\,\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{{{k}_{1}}}}\] and \[{{t}_{2}}=2\,\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{{{k}_{2}}}}\]                    In series, effective spring constant, \[k=\frac{{{k}_{1}}{{k}_{2}}}{{{k}_{1}}+{{k}_{2}}}\] \[\therefore \]Time period, \[T=2\,\pi \sqrt{\frac{m\,({{k}_{1}}+{{k}_{2}})}{{{k}_{1}}{{k}_{2}}}}\]    ?..(ii) Now, \[t_{1}^{2}+t_{2}^{2}=4\,{{\pi }^{2}}m\,\left( \frac{1}{{{k}_{1}}}+\frac{1}{{{k}_{2}}} \right)=\frac{4\,{{\pi }^{2}}m\,({{k}_{1}}+{{k}_{2}})}{{{k}_{1}}{{k}_{2}}}\] \[t_{1}^{2}+t_{2}^{2}={{T}^{2}}.\]                      [Using equation (ii)]


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