Spring-Pulley System · CAP 2010 #Q3

Physics · mechanics

Problem

The system in question 2 is attached to a spring of spring constant k which in turn is attached to a vertical wall, as shown to the right. The spring is neither stretched nor compressed. The system is released from rest. The mass m2m_2 falls and then oscillates about a mean displacement x from its original position before release given by a) x=m2gkx= \frac{m_2 g}{k}; b) x=m1gkx= \frac{m_1 g}{k}; c) x=(m1+m2)gkx= \frac{(m_1+m_2)g}{k}; d) x=km2gx= \frac{k}{m_2 g}. [Figure: Shows the Atwood machine from Q2 with an additional spring attached to mass m₁]

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