Recent content by Jonathan Schierl

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    Newton's Second Law -- Accelerations in a pulley system

    No it actually doesn't play a role in this problem. We haven't learned that yet.
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    Newton's Second Law -- Accelerations in a pulley system

    I don't believe mechanical advantage would play a role in this problem.
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    Newton's Second Law -- Accelerations in a pulley system

    They both experience the same acceleration. The tension pulling both blocks will be the same because the string is massless
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    Newton's Second Law -- Accelerations in a pulley system

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    Newton's Second Law -- Accelerations in a pulley system

    Homework Statement A 20-kg block with a pulley attached slides along a frictionless ledge. It is connected by a massless string to a 5.0-kg block via the arrangement shown in Figure. (a) draw complete free body diagrams for the masses and Find (b) the acceleration of each block and (c) the...