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So I should't even consider torque and instead just consider the transnational force of tension?

Doesn't it have to for the situation to be physically possible?

Isn't there an exception for accelerating reference frames of rolling without slipping wherein Newton's second law is upheld (net torque = Iα)?

My thinking is that the no slip condition applies to the string around the spool like it would a pulley. ie the string is pulling the spool and the string is not slipping around the spool, so the acceleration and velocity at the point of contact would be the same. If the tangential acceleration...

(a_string= ) a_tangential = rα (where alpha is the angular acceleration of the rotating object and r is the radius) is the no slip condition for rolling objects and pulleys. I assumed that you could treat the string around the spool as you would a pulley such that the tangential acceleration...

Homework Statement A block and spool are each pulled by a string across a frictionless surface. The string is wound around the spool such that it may unwind as it is pulled, the string attached to the block is at the center of mass. The block and spool have the same mass and the strings...