Spring's Force constant

Classical Mechanics Level 3

A spring force constant K K is cut into two piece such that one piece is double the length of the other. The long piece will have a force constant of

3 K 3K 6 K 6K 2 3 K \frac{2}{3}K 1.5 K 1.5K

Shivam Jadhav by Shivam Jadhav , 22, India

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1 solution

Md Zuhair
Sep 14, 2017

we know that in a spring

k 1 l 1 = k 2 l 2 k_{1}l_{1} = k_{2}l_{2}

⟹ k × l = k 2 × 2 l 3 \implies k \times l = k_{2} \times \dfrac{2l}{3}

⟹ k 2 = 1.5 K \implies \boxed{k2=1.5K}

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