A spring whose unstretched length is $\mathrm{l}$ has a force constant k. The spring is cut into two pieces of unstretched lengths $\mathrm{l}$₁ and $\mathrm{l}$₂ where, $\mathrm{l}$₁ = n$\mathrm{l}$₂ and n is an integer. The ratio k₁ /k₂ of the corresponding force constants, k₁ and k₂ will be