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What does the slope of a force vs displacement graph represent?

Important Questions on Forces and Matter

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Two springs have their force constants as k1 and k2k1>k2. On which spring is more work is more work done :

when their lengths are increased by the same amount,

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A ideal spring with spring constant k is hung from the ceiling and a block of mass M is attached to its lower end. The mass is released with the spring initially unstretched. Then the maximum extension in the spring is
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The tension in the given spring is

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The ratio stressstrain remains constant for small deformation of a metal wire. When the deformation is made larger, will this ratio increase or decrease?
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The length of an elastic spring is a metres when a force of 4N is applied, and b metres when 5N force is applied.Then the length of the spring when the 9N force is applied is
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A body of the mass 50 kg is suspended using a spring balance inside a lift at rest. If the lift starts falling freely, the reading of the spring balance is
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A boy stretches the rubber cord of his catapult by 5 cm. If a force of 50 g is required to extend the cord by 1 cm, find the average force on the cord. If a stone of mass 10 g is thrown by the catapult, what velocity will the stone acquire ?
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The two ends of a spring are displaced along the length of the spring. All displacements have equal magnitudes. In which case or cases, the tension or compression in the spring will have a maximum magnitude?
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Two massless springs of force constants K1 and K2 are joined end to end. The resultant force constant K of the system is
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Two wires of equal length and cross-section area are suspended as shown in the figure. Their Young's modulus are Y1 and Y2, respectively. The equivalent Young's modulus will be

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If a compressed spring is dissolved in acid, what happens to the elastic potential energy of the spring?
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Which of the following material doesn't follow Hooke's law
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A metal wire of length L1 and area of cross section A is attached to a rigid support. Another metal wire of length L2 and of the same cross-sectional area is attached to free end of the first wire. A body of mass M is then suspended from the free end of the second wire. If Y1 and Y2 are the Young's moduli of the wires respectively, the effective force constant of the system of two wires is

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Two springs have their force constants as k1 and k2k1>k2. On which spring is more work is more work done :

when they are stretched by the same force ?

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A massless spring balance is attached to 2 kg trolley and is used to pull the trolley along a flat surface as shown in the figure. The reading on the spring balance remains at 10 kg during the motion. The acceleration of the trolley is: g=9.8  m s-2

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A spring of force constant K is cut into two pieces such that one piece is double the length of the other. Then, the long piece will have a force constant of
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The extensions for different loads are given in the table.

LoadN Extensionmm
0 0
1.0 10.0
2.0 20.5
3.0 31.0
4.0 41.5

Copy and complete the sentence by the inserting the appropriate word.

Within the limits of experimental accuracy, the load, the load and the extension of the spring are _____ to each other.

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The spring force is given by F=-kx, where k is a constant and x is the deformation of spring. The F-x graph is:
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The length of an elastic spring is a metre when the longitudinal tension is 4 N and b metre when the longitudinal tension is 5 N. The length of the spring (in metre) when the longitudinal tension is 9 N is
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An ideal spring, with a pointer attached to its end, hangs next to a scale. With 100 N weight attached and in equilibrium, the pointer indicates 40 on the scale, as shown. Using a 200 N weight instead results in 60 on the scale. Using an unknown weight X instead results in 30 on the scale. Find the value of X.

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