A mass m is attached to an ideal massless spring. When this system is set in motion with amplitude a, it has a period t. What is

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the period if the amplitude of the motion is increased to 2a?.

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Luden [163] · Answer 1 · 2023-04-08T06:53:28+03:00

The period will be the same if the amplitude of the motion is increased to 2a

What is an Amplitude?

Amplitude refers to the maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium.

Here,

mass m is attached to the spring.

mass attached = m

time period = t

We know that,

The time period for the spring is calculated with the equation:

$T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{m}{k} }$

Where k is the spring constant

Now if the amplitude is doubled, it means that the distance from the equilibrium position to the displacement is doubled.

From the equation, we can say,

Time period of the spring is independent of the amplitude.

Hence,

Increasing the amplitude does not affect the period of the mass and spring system.

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