A student says that he had applied a force F = - k x on a particle and the particle moved in simple harmonic motion. He refuses to tell whether k is constant or not. Assume that he has worked only wit

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A student says that he had applied a force F = - k x on a particle and the particle moved in simple harmonic motion. He refuses to tell whether k is constant or not. Assume that he has worked only with positive x and no other force acted on the particle

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It is given that F = - k x But For SHM F = - k 0 x Therefore by comparing them k = k 0 x Therefore as x increases k increases

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