Engineering
Physics
Elasticity
Question

A heavy block suspended by an elastic spring of negligible mass produces an extension of 12 cm when it is in equilibrium. When a length of one fourth of the spring is cut off and the remaining three-fourths length is used to suspend the block the extension in cm, when the block is in equilibrium is

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Mg = k1x1    .........(1)
Mg = k2x2    .........(2)
∴ x2 = k1x1k2
k1 = k ; k2 = 43k

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