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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    I meant the mass of the bar on the right side of the center of mass
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    The mass of the bar on the right side?
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    They cancel out at the center of mass?
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    I see now that it is (15 + x ) / 2 - x
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    is it: 15 - (15+x)/2 ?
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    I really don't know
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    isn't the center of mass exactly in the middle?
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    the bar is 15cm on the right side. The mass is 3 grams / cm. So 45 grams.
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    Balancing Mass: Solving for Bar Length

    Homework Statement The bar has a mass of 3 grams/cm. When a mass of 15 grams is hung on the left side, the system is balanced. Calculate the length of the bar. Homework Equations F1*r1 = F2*r2 The Attempt at a Solution I thought that the moment on the left should be equal to the moment at the...
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    Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

    The rope is indeed not massless. Thank you very much for your help.
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    Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

    I meant to say that the rope has mass
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    Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

    It doesn't state that the rope is massless, so I guess not.
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    Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

    If T1 = T3 then m1 = m3 This means that m2 = 2*m1 ? But now I face another problem because according to my teacher, the answer should have been: m2 < 2*m1
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    Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

    So T1 + T3 - m2*g = 0 ? m1*g + m3*g = m2*g m1 + m3 = m2 ? Am I approaching this problem the right way now? I found out that I made a mistake in the possible answers. It should be: mblock2 = 2*mblock1 mblock2 > 2*mblock1 mblock2 < 2*mblock1
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    Mass Relation in a Three-Mass Pulley System: Solving for Unknown Masses

    Homework Statement Find the relation between the mass of block 1 and the mass of block 2. Assume that the pullies are massless and frictionless and that the rope is inelastic. All masses are unknown. Possible answers: mblock2 = mblock1[/B] mblock2 > mblock1...