Find acceleration of a modified atwood machine

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Homework Statement


An Atwood machine is constructed using a disk of mass 2.4 and radius 23.4. What is the acceleration of the system? The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 .
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Homework Equations


[tex]\sumF=ma[/tex]
torque = I(alpha)

The Attempt at a Solution


i tried to find the sum of the forces in the y direction for the 3 different bodies, then i tried to find the torque for the pulley and use one of the bodies' force and set it equal to the torque
 
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Convert all the masses to weights, then find the resultant moment about the disk (the resultant of 1.66 and 1.28). Then use Torque=I*alpha