A hanging mass M is connected to a four times bigger mass by using a string-pulley arrangement, as shown in the figure. The bigger mass is placed on a horizontal ice-slab and being pulled by 2 Mg force. In this situation, tension in the string is for x_________. Neglect mass of the string and fiction of the block (bigger mass) with ice slab.
A hanging mass M is connected to a four times bigger mass by using a string-pulley arrangement, as shown in the figure. The bigger mass is placed on a horizontal ice-slab and being pulled by 2 Mg force. In this situation, tension in the string is for x_________. Neglect mass of the string and fiction of the block (bigger mass) with ice slab.
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Using newton's law:
2mg – T = 4ma - (1)
T – mg = ma - (2)
From (1) & (2) :
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T1 = m (g + a)
T2 = m (g - a)
Apparent weight = mg – ma
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