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Frequency and Period of SHM

AP Physics 1· difficulty 1/5

A spring-mass oscillator has period TT. Doubling the mass changes the period by a factor of

  • A

    2\sqrt 2

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  • B

    1/21/\sqrt 2

  • C

    22

  • D

    1/21/2

Explanation

T∝mT \propto \sqrt m. Doubling mm → T→2 TT \to \sqrt 2\, T.

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