Oscillations: Simple Harmonic Motion.
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Question: A particle of mass m is placed on a friction-less horizontal table and attached by two identical massless spiral springs of natural length b and stiffness k, to two fixed points A and B on the table. Points A and B are a distance 2a apart, where 2a > 2b, so that the springs are stretched. The particle is then given a displacement along the line of the springs and released. Show that the motion that ensues is a simple harmonic one, and find its period.
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In this solution, the motion of this simple harmonic and the time period for the oscillations is calculated with full explanations.
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