Object attached in between two or more springs

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When an object is attached between one spring on one side and multiple springs on the opposite side, it is still considered a parallel combination of springs. The total spring constant can be calculated by adding the individual spring constants of the springs involved. This principle applies regardless of the number of springs on either side of the object. Therefore, whether there is one spring on one side and two or three on the other, the same rules for calculating the effective spring constant apply. Understanding these combinations is crucial for analyzing spring systems in physics.
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if an object is attached in between two springs, the spring combination is called parallel combinationthen what do you call an object attached in between 1 spring on the left side and 2 springs on the right side of the object,?
or an object attached in between 1 in the left and 3 on the opposite side?does there spring constant be added just like in a parallel combination??
 
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Yes it would be a parallel combination - and you would simply add their spring constants .
 
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