Frictionless blocks and a pulley with force F

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The discussion revolves around a physics homework problem involving frictionless blocks and a massless, frictionless pulley. The user is struggling with drawing accurate free body diagrams for the masses, particularly in an accelerating system. They express urgency as the assignment is due soon and mention they have no prior attempts at a solution. An edit reveals they received feedback on their diagrams, correcting the relationships between the forces acting on the masses. Ultimately, they have submitted their work after making necessary adjustments based on the feedback received.
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Sort of urgent. I've been looking at this problem for days and it's due tomorrow afternoon.

Homework Statement


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Draw a free body diagram for each of the masses. All surfaces are frictionless. The pulley is massless and frictionless. The connecting strings denoted by dotted lines are massless and inextensible. M_{1} has no acceleration in the y-direction (forces cancel)

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The Attempt at a Solution


I have none. This is part a of a multistep problem and I know how to do the other parts if I can get this part. Unfortunately, I'm awful at free body diagrams, especially in an accelerating system. And it's due tomorrow afternoon. After several days of trying I have nothing to show for it.

EDIT: Have I done this correctly?[PLAIN]http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/1176/img0079hh.jpg
[PLAIN]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/141/img0080ch.jpg
 
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Except for m1a and m3a, it looks good. Mass 3 exerts a normal force on mass 1 and vice versa. The two forces are an action-reaction pair. For mass 3, the normal force exerted by mass 1 turns out to be equal to m1a, which is a consequence of F=ma, but the force on mass 1 isn't equal to m3a.
 
Awesome, thanks. I actually already turned in the set, but that's what I changed it to when I realized the forces didn't add up right.
 
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