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A weightless spring of length 60 cm and force constant 200 N/m is kept straight and unstretched on a smooth horizontal table and its ends are rigidly fixed. A mass of 0.25 kg is attached at the middle of the spring and is slightly displaced along the length. The time of the oscillation of the mass is

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π20 s
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π10 s
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π5 s
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π200 s
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Solution

The correct option is C π20 s
System is equivalent to parallel combination of springs
Keq=K1+K2=400

and the time period of oscillation is given by:
T=2πmKeq

=2π0.25400=π20

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