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Description: A 2-kg mass and a 4-kg mass hang freely at opposite ends of a light inextensible string which passes over a small and light pulley fixed to a rigid support. Calculate the acceleration of the system.

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A 2-kg mass and a 4-kg mass hang freely at opposite ends of a light inextensible string which passes over a small and light pulley fixed to a rigid support. Calculate the acceleration of the system.

College Physics

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter4: Dynamics: Force And Newton's Laws Of Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 21PE: Show that, as stated in the text, a force F exerted on a flexible medium at its center and...

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