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Grade 11General Physics

How to know in which direction will a pulley move?
Suppose two blocks of masses M1 and M2 are hanging from a massless pulley. And we have to find acceleration of M1.

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6 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Hiii Pallavi, 
Suppose two masses of M1 and M2 are hanging from a massless puley , 
 
force will act on M1 and M2 in downward direction, 
 
We know that force due to gravity is = M*g
 
so the more mass the more will be force due to gravity,
 
so , pulley will move in the direction where there is more mass .
 
Hope this helps.