A mass m is suspended from a spring of negligible mass and the system oscillates with a frequency . The frequency of oscillations if a mass 9 m is suspended from the same spring is . The value of is ____.
Answer: 3
Solution
The natural frequency of a spring-mass oscillator is , so for a given spring. Replacing the mass m by 9m scales the frequency down by a factor , so .
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