A mass … is suspended from a spring of negligible mass. The spring is pulled a little and then released so that the mass executes … of time period … If the mass is increased by … the time period becomes …. Then the ratio of … is

Option C. The time period of a simple harmonic motion (SHM) performed by a mass-spring system is given by the formula:

Simple Harmonic Motion

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A mass

M

is suspended from a spring of negligible mass. The spring is pulled a little and then released so that the mass executes

SHM

of time period

T.

If the mass is increased by

m.

the time period becomes

{{5T} \over 3}

. Then the ratio of

{{m} \over M}