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We all know that the most stable state of a system (say an object undergoing SHM)is when it has minimum Potential Energy.
Can somebody tell me why a local minimum in the potential energy correponds to a higher stability than some other arbitary state?
(Not too much of quantum theory...
I am looking for the acceleration produced in each block..which happens to be constant..
My physics coach hinted at using torque but i am not very sure how..and yes ..desite the the string being massless..the gravitational force causes the masses attached to the string to produce a reaction...
I used the method i specified and got the following answer
|a|=g(x2-x1)/(x2+x1)
where x2=m2(1-mu)
x1=m1(1+mu)
assuming m2 sufficiently greater than m1 to set the system in motion.
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I chanced upon this problem and have lost some sleep since then.
There is a pulley system with a single stationary pulley with 2 masses m1 and m2 suspended using a string which is inelastic and massles.The coefficient of static FRICTION between the PULLEY and the STRING is mu.What are the...