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Grade 12Mechanics

The blocks are of mass 2kg shown is in equilibrium.At t=0 right spring in figure (1) and right string in figure (2) breaks .Find the ratio of instantaneous acceleration of the blocks?

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6 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harsh
6 Years ago
Please provide options, if the ans is 1:1 then here is the explanation.
The condition in the case of springs will be as follows.
The force of weight will be acting on the 2 kg block
The spring force will be f=Kx
We need to balance this forces
Hence on resolving the spring forces we get 
2kxsin37=2g
Hence kx =g/sin37.   Let it be 1st eqn
In case of string the eqn will be
 2Tsin37=2g
Hence T=g/sin37
Now cancelling masses from 2 eqn we have both the forces eqal hence their acceleration need to be equal.
If the ans is not 1:1 then please provide options i will surely look about the answer again