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Will tension be in the upward direction when a block attached to it is moved upward? how to determine direction of tension in string in all cases

Will tension be in the upward direction when a block  attached to it is moved upward? how to determine direction of tension in string in all cases

Grade:12

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Eshan
askIITians Faculty 2095 Points
5 years ago
Dear student,

Tension is always a ‘stretching force’. It will always ‘pull’ the objects towards itself, it can never push it. Hence the direction of tension acting on a block is always towards the string itself.

Regards.

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