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A spring mass system is hanging from the ceiling of an elevator in equilbrium Elongation of spring is `l`. The elevator suddenly starts accelerating downwards with acceleration `g//3` find.
(a) the frequency and
(b) the amplitude of the resulting `SHM`

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(a) `(1)/(T)=(1)/(2pi)sqrt((g)/(L))`, (b) `(L)/(3)K`
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