Two springs of force constants k1, and k2 are connected to each other in parallel. The spring constant of the combination is

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Two springs of force constants k1, and k2 are connected to each other in parallel. The spring constant of the combination is (A) k1+k2 (B)  (k1+k2/2) (C)  (k1+k2/k1k2) (D)  (k1k2/k1+k2)

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For parallel combination of spring, k = k1 + k2 .

Q. Two springs of force constants $k_{1}$ , and $k_{2}$ are connected to each other in parallel. The spring constant of the combination is

$k_{1} + k_{2}$

$\frac{k _{1} + k _{2}}{2}$

$\frac{k _{1} + k _{2}}{k _{1} k _{2}}$

$\frac{k _{1} k _{2}}{k _{1} + k _{2}}$

For parallel combination of spring, $k = k_{1} + k_{2}$ .

Q. Two springs of force constants k1​, and k2​ are connected to each other in parallel. The spring constant of the combination is

k1​+k2​

2k1​+k2​​

k1​k2​k1​+k2​​

k1​+k2​k1​k2​​