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    Finding tension and acceleration in a 3 weight, 3 pulley system

    Masses of the pulleys are all 7grams. The mass of weight 2 already has the the entire pulley assembly + hanging weight added up. This is a real test, so everything applies. Real problem is that the teacher has assigned this test for dynamics chapter 1 - rectilinear motion. That's fine if we...
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    Finding tension and acceleration in a 3 weight, 3 pulley system

    Homework Statement This is a "DOE" (Design of Experiment) problem. Basically, the construction is fairly simple. 3 pulleys, 2 on either side, and a free pulley with a weight suspended on it in the middle. Picture is available (don't mind my crappy paint skills, rope lengths are all...