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Posted by michael on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 12:16pm.

When two objects of unequal mass are hung vertically over a frictionless pulley of
negligible mass, as shown below, the arrangement is called an Atwood machine.
Determine a) the magnitude of the acceleration of the two objects and b) the tension in
the lightweight cord below form 2.00kg 1 = , and m 4.00kg 2 = . [a) 3.27 m/s2 b) 26.1N)]

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