A block of mass attached to an ideal spring oscillates with frequency

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Problem

A block of mass

m

attached to an ideal spring oscillates with frequency

f

. If the mass is increased to

4m

while the spring constant remains unchanged, the new frequency will be (a)

\dfrac{f}{4}

(b)

f

(c)

\dfrac{f}{2}

(d)

2f