Recent content by jules.t

Thanks guys! By working through the sign troubles and getting rid of the Lw^2 term, the solution was achieved. Your help is appreciated greatly, and i guess ill need to work on sign conventions before my exam.

My apologies for not including the problems goal. The problem asks to find the acceleration of pint B in the diagram provided.

Homework Statement There is pulley which has a mass hanging from one side, and a rotating rod attached horizontally to the other (both by cables). The pulley has mass; Mp = 9.5kg and radius; Rp =0.2m. The block(A) has mass; Ma=10.9kg. The rod is L = 0.8m long and has mass=Ml7.9kg. The rod is...