A spring balance has a scale that reads from 0 to 50 kg. The length of the scale is 20 cm. A body suspended from this balance, when displaced and released, oscillates with a period of 0.6 s. What is the weight of the body?
Maximum mass that the scale can read, M = 50 kg
Maximum displacement of the spring = Length of the scale, l = 20 cm = 0.2 m
Time period, T = 0.6 s
Maximum force exerted on the spring, F = Mg
Where,
g = acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s2
F = 50 × 9.8 = 490
∴Spring constant, k = F / l = 490 / 0.2 = 2450 Nm-1
Mass m, is suspended from the balance.
Time period, T = 2π underroot m/k
∴ m = (T / 2π)2 x k
= (0.6 / 2x3.14)2 x 2450 = 22.36 kg
∴Weight of the body = mg = 22.36 × 9.8 = 219.167 N
Hence, the weight of the body is about 219 N.
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