Two Packing crates of masses 10.0 kg and 5.00kg are connected by alight string that passes over a frictionless pulley as in Figure.

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2020-11-01

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Two Packing crates of masses 10.0 kg and 5.00kg are connected by alight string that passes over a frictionless pulley as in Figure. The 5.00-kg crate lies on a smooth incline of angle 40.0 degrees. Find the acceleration of the 5.00-kg crate and the tension in the string.

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Roosevelt Houghton

Roosevelt Houghton

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Jeffrey Jordon

Jeffrey Jordon

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m1=10kg,m2=4kg,α=40

m1a=m1gT

m2a=Tm2gsinα

a(m1+m2)=m1gT+Tm2gsinα=

=g(m1m2sinα)

a=g(m1m2sinα)m1+m2

T=m1(ga)

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