Two blocks are connected by a string, as shown in the figure (Figure 1). The smooth inclined surface makes an angle of 35 ∘ with the horizontal, and the block on the incline has a mass of 5.7 kg. The mass of the hanging block is m = 3.1 kg. Find the direction of the hanging block's acceleration. Find the magnitude of the hanging block's acceleration.

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Two blocks are connected by a string, as shown in the figure (Figure 1). The smooth inclined surface makes an angle of 35 ∘ with the horizontal, and the block on the incline has a mass of 5.7 kg. The mass of the hanging block is m = 3.1 kg.

Find the direction of the hanging block's acceleration.
Find the magnitude of the hanging block's acceleration.
 

 

5.7 kg
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The first mass is m1=5.7 kg

The second mass is m2=3.1 kg

The free-body diagram of the first mass is as follows,

Physics homework question answer, step 1, image 1

Here T is the tension in the string.

a is the accleration.

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