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Grade 12Mechanics

Two bloks 5gm and 10gm are hung vertically over a frictionless pulley.What is the acceleration of the masses when they are left free?

Profile image of Shank
10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Arnav Prasad
10 Years ago
You can apply a formula made for these types of questions.
Provided :
  1. Frictionless pulley.
  2. Only two mass pulley system.
  3. Ideal strings (massless).
The formula is, Acceleration = |M- M2|g / (M1 + M2).
M1 and M2 are mass of blocks. g is Acceleration due to gravity or 10 m/s2. M1 > M2.
 
Answer is 3.33 m/s2.