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Question

A meter stick swinging in vertical plane about a fixed horizontal axis passing through its one end undergoes small oscillation of frequency f0. If the bottom half of the stick were cut off if its new frequency of small oscillation is found to be xf0. The value of x is _____.

Moderate
Solution

 We use f0=12πmglI

where l is distance between point of suspension and centre of mass of the body.

Thus, for the stick of length L and mass m frequency is

f0=12πmgL2mL2/12=12π6gL

when bottom half of the stick is cut off we use

f1=12πm2gL4m2(L/2)212=12π×12gL=2f0

Hence x = 2.



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