Can you me with Newtons 3rd Law

In summary, to find the tension force, acceleration, and magnitude in a pulley system, you can use the formula fnet=ma and take into account the mass and gravitational force of each object. For a specific example, if two masses (4kg and 3kg) are placed in a frictionless pulley system, you can solve for the acceleration and tension forces using the formula fnet=ma and the values of the masses. The tension force will be equal to ml times (g + acceleration) for the lighter mass and mh times (g - acceleration) for the heavier mass. This can be used as a check to ensure that the values are correct.
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slobodan48
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how do you find the Tension force,acceleration,magnitude.
Its those questions where you have pullys,boxes pushing each other...
I am really confused for the 3rd law
 
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slobodan48 said:
how do you find the Tension force,acceleration,magnitude.
Its those questions where you have pullys,boxes pushing each other...
I am really confused for the 3rd law

Do you have a specific example? I'd hate to just vapidly repeat the definition of the 3rd law, which you can easily find anywhere and everywhere...
 
  • #3
Two masses are places in a frictionless pulley system.Solve for the acceleration and tension forces.
1st box is 4kg and the other is 3kg

well i know,
fnet=ma
fg=mg
ff=muFn
 
  • #4
You could start by saying that there is a net, unbalanced force of 10N (For GCSE level thought - or you can do 9.81m/s/s, if you like), pulling one up and one down.
This is accelerating both the masses (7kg total), use your formula to find the acceleration.
The tension will be ml times (g + this acceleration) for the light mass and also mh times (g- this acceleration) for the heavy mass. Those two values should be the same, natch - as a check.
etc etc - you can put in the numbers
 

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