A light spring of force constant 8N/m is cut into two equal parts and then are connected in...
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A light spring of force constant 8N/m is cut into two equal parts and then are connected in parallel. The equivalent force constant will be what of the system?
Cutting of the Spring
Cutting of the spring increase the spring constant, if the spring is cut into half then the twice force is needed to stretch or compress the spring by the same amount of length.
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Spring constant (K) = 8 N/m
On cutting the spring into half, the new spring constant would be
{eq}K_{1} = K_{2} = 2K \\ K_{1} = K_{2} = 16 \...
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