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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Simple Harmonic Motion

Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1] · Physics · Simple Harmonic Motion

A spring-mass system undergoes oscillation inside a car. If the car...

A spring-mass system undergoes oscillation inside a car. If the car accelerates along a horizontal road, the oscillation frequency will

Options

  1. Aincrease
  2. Bdecrease
  3. Cbecome zero
  4. Dremain the same

Correct answer

D. remain the same

Step-by-step solution

The frequency of oscillation of a spring-mass system is given by f=12πkmf = \dfrac{1}{2\pi} \sqrt{\dfrac{k}{m}}, where kk is the spring constant and mm is the mass of the block.

The frequency depends only on the mass of the block and the force constant of the spring. It is independent of the acceleration of the frame of reference.

When the car accelerates horizontally, a constant pseudo force acts on the mass. This constant force only shifts the equilibrium position of the system but does not change the restoring force constant kk.

Since the restoring force for a displacement xx from the new equilibrium position remains F=−kxF = -kx, the oscillation frequency will remain the same.
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