A block of mass M is attached to the lower end of a vertical spring. The spring is hung from a ceiling and has force constant value k. The mass is released from rest with the spring initially unstretched. The maximum extension produced in the length of the spring will be:
2 Mg/k
4 Mg/k
Mg/2k
Mg/k
Let x be the extension in the spring.
Applying law of conservation of energy
we get