A mass suspended by a spring with force constant has a period when set into…

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Problem

24. A mass

M

suspended by a spring with force constant

k

has a period

T

when set into oscillation on Earth. Its period on Mars, whose mass is about

1 / 9

and radius

1 / 2

that of Earth, is most nearly (A)

1 / 3 T

(B)

2 / 3 T

(C)

T

(D)

3 / 2 T

(E)

3 T