Natural length of a wire or spring from its lengths under two different tensions
This type of question, asked 7 times: 2021 Paper 11, 2021 Paper 26, 29 Jun 2022, 11 Apr 2023, 4 Apr 2024, 23 Jan 2025, 2 Apr 2025. All 7 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2021 Paper 11
15Tension in a spring is when length of the spring is and tension is when its length is . The natural length of the spring isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
2021 Paper 26
18The length of metallic wire is when tension in it is . It is when the tension is . The original length of the wire will be:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
29 Jun 2022
6A wire of length is hanging from a fixed support. The length changes to and when masses and are suspended respectively from its free end. Then the value of is equal to:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
11 Apr 2023
27The length of wire becomes and when and tensions are applied respectively. If , the natural length of wire will be . Here the value of is___Question 5
4 Apr 2024
28An elastic spring under tension of has a length a. Its length is under tension . For its length , the value of tension will be ____ .Question 6
23 Jan 2025
95A massless spring gets elongated by amount under a tension of 5 N . Its elongation is under the tension of 7 N . For the elongation of , the tension in the spring will be,Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 7
2 Apr 2025
99The length of a light string is 1.4 m when the tension on it is 5 N . If the tension increases to 7 N , the length of the string is 1.56 m . The original length of the string is m.