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a mass m at the end of a massless rod of length l swings as a pendulum with two horizontal springs for negligible mass and spring constants k1 and k2 acting on it. both springs are relaxed when the rod is vertical. what is the period of small oscillations? [from feynman exercises in physics]

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The answer is T = 2π/ω

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a mass m at the end of a massless rod of length l swings as a pendulum with two horizontal-example-1
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