A 15-Kg Mass, Attached to a Massless Spring Whose Force

question 30

Multiple Choice

A 15-kg mass, attached to a massless spring whose force constant is 2500 N/m, has an amplitude of 4 cm.Assuming the energy is quantised, find the quantum number of the system, n, if En = nhf.

• A)1.5 *1033
• B)3.0 * 1033
• C)4.5 * 1033
• D)5.4 * 1033
• E)1.0 * 1033

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