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Posted by andrew on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 11:19am.

two bodies of mass m1 and m2 are attached to two ends of a string which passes over a massless and frictionless pulley. find the acceleration of the bodies and the tension of the string. m1 is bigger than m2

mechanics - drwls, Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 5:37pm
a = [(m1 - m2)/(m1 + m2) ]*g

m1*g -T = m1*a
T = m1*(g-a)
= 2*m1*m2*g/(m1+m2)

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