I remember hearing a story on another forum at one point where a high school math club of some sort made t-shirts which imitated the anti-drug commercials. Here's the design: http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6195/integrals9tr6uo.jpg
I found it extremely funny the first time I saw it. :)
But the question is asking what the scale reads at this moment in time.
(I bet that wasn't too clear either - I apologize. I've been working probabilities of poker in my head all night, so I'm a little exhausted.)
The ends of the string each have a weight attached to them, the string is on the table. I don't believe there are any upward Forces, and based on the information given, the whole thing will probably accelerate to the left.
Yeah that was it, but I'll be more careful when doing drawings in the future. The weights are hanging off the table, so I believe the only Force affecting each individual weight would be gravity, yes?
Hey, new member here, and I'm stumped on a physics problem.
Two weights are tied onto each end of a piece of rope and set on a table. The rope has a scale on it. The two weights are hanging over the edge of the table - one has [SIZE="5"]F[SIZE="3"]g of 100 N, the other has...