Work, Power and Energy

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A pencil writes & draws the following (free hand): Physics Work, Power and Energy Show graphics of the following reference image:

A ball is rolling at bottom of a hemispherical bowl

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M1 M2

S1 S2

B k

4k

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A block

is attached to two un-stretched spring

and

with spring constant and

and

, respectively. The other ends are attached to two supports

not attached

to the walls. The springs and supports have negligible mass. There is no friction anywhere. The block is displaced towards wall by a small distance towards the wall and released. The block returns and is: are

and moves a maximum distance

. Displacements . The ratio

measured with respect to the equilibrium position of block

Voiceover: Look at this question from from IIT JEE 2008. A block B is attached to two un-stretched spring S1 and S2 with spring constant k and 4k, respectively. The other ends are attached to two supports M1 and M2 not attached to the walls. The springs and supports have negligible mass. There is no friction anywhere. The block B is displaced towards wall 1 by a small distance x and released. The block returns and moves a maximum distance y towards the wall 2. Displacements x and y are measured with respect to the equilibrium position of block B. The ratio y/x is: And the options are:

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Voiceover: Here, block B is displaced towards wall 1 by a small distance x and released. The block then returns and moves a maximum distance y towards the wall 2. Displacements x and y are measured with respect to the equilibrium position of block B. We have to find the ratio y/x. The other information, we are given here is that the springs and supports have negligible mass. There is no friction anywhere. So, we can say that only the springs do work on the block. And, to maintain the dynamic equilibrium of block B, work done by the spring S1 on block B must be equal to work done by the spring S2 on the same block.

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Therefore, option (c) is correct.

Voiceover:

In case of dynamic equilibrium of springs, we have( )

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Or,

( )

( )

Therefore, So, option (c) is correct.

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