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AP Physics C: Mechanics
7.2 Frequency and Period of SHM
AdvancedMCQProportional AnalysisConceptual14.2k
A vertical cross-hatched support wall is shown on the left side, joined at a right angle to a flat horizontal surface that extends to the right. Attached to the vertical wall is a horizontal coiled spring labeled \(k_1\). The right end of this first spring connects at a single junction point to the left end of a second horizontal coiled spring labeled \(k_2\), aligned along the same horizontal line. The right end of the second spring attaches to the center of the left vertical face of a solid rectangular block labeled \(m\) that rests on the horizontal surface. No other labels, lines, text, or arrows appear.
A block of mass \(m\) attached to two springs in series on a frictionless surface.
A block of mass \(m\) rests on a horizontal frictionless surface and is attached to a rigid vertical wall by two ideal, massless springs connected in series. The springs have spring constants \(k_1\) and \(k_2\), where \(k_1\) is held fixed. The block is pulled horizontally, displacing both springs from their equilibrium lengths, and released from rest so that it undergoes simple harmonic motion with period \(T\). Which of the following correctly identifies the period of oscillation \(T\) in the limit as the second spring becomes infinitely stiff (\(k_2 \to \infty\)), and provides the correct physical justification?

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