Question

An ideal horizontal spring-mass system has a mass of 1.0 kg and a spring with constant 78 N/m. It oscillates with a period of 0.71 seconds. When this same spring-mass system oscillates vertically instead, the period is _______ seconds. Enter 2 significant figures (a total of three digits) and use g = 10.0 m/s2 if necessary.

Answer 1

Answer:

T = 0.71 seconds

Explanation:

Given data:

mass m = 1Kg, spring constant K = 78 N/m, time period of oscillation T = 0.71 seconds.

We have to calculate time period when this same spring-mass system oscillates vertically.

As we know

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

This relation of time period is true under every orientation of the spring-mass system, whether horizontal, vertical, angled or inclined. Therefore, time period of the same spring-mass system oscillating  vertically too remains the same.

Therefore, T = 0.71 seconds