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Thanks for all the help, I talked to some other people and I believe I know how to do it now.

Ok, so tension would 9.8 while gravity is -9.8 so yeah, I'm really clueless as to what to do next, it's extremely frustrating that the concept just won't click. I appreciate that you are trying to help me actually learn the concept of this, but the lab report is already late and I'm failing...

Gravity and tension and they must equal 0?

Sadly, I don't know, either I was absent or just not paying attention when we went over tension. I don't remember the word ever being mentioned also, I'm sorry if I put this in the wrong forum section, I just noticed the homework help section of the forums.

Basically we did a lab where you attach a pulley to the desk with a clamp and then have a friction block (three types: cork, plastic, and felt) attached to a string which is attached to a hanging mass. This basic setup is called an atwood's machine. The purpose of the lab was to identify the...