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Ideal would mean frictionless, correct? Also, that the cables have no mass. In the initial condition, acceleration would be zero. (5-5)9.8 / (5+5) would be 0/10 and therefore zero. I kind of figured out that with a = 2.94, m1 must equal 3.5 and m2 must equal 6.5. This balances out the...

Homework Statement Consider the ideal Atwood's machine in Figure 4-65. When N washers are transferred from the left side to the right side, the right side descends 47.1cm in 0.40s. Find N.Homework Equations a = (m2-m1/m1+m2)g The Attempt at a Solution I'm honestly not sure where to start...