An Atwood's machine consists of blocks of masses m₁ = 13.0 kg and m₂ = 18.0 kg attached by a cord running over a pulley as in the figure below. The pulley is a solid cylinder with mass M = 7.30 kg and radius r=0.200 m. The block of mass m₂ is allowed to drop, and the cord turns the pulley without slipping. M T₁ m₁ Ⓡ (a) Why must the tension 7₂ be greater than the tension 7₂? This answer has not been graded yet. (b) What is the acceleration of the system, assuming the pulley axis is frictionless? (Give the magnitude of a.) m/s² (c) Find the tensions T₁ and T₂ T₂=

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An Atwood's machine consists of blocks of masses m₁ = 13.0 kg and m₂ = 18.0 kg attached by a cord running over a pulley as in the figure below. The pulley is a solid cylinder with mass M = 7.30 kg and radius r = 0.200 m. The block of mass m₂ is allowed to drop, and
the cord turns the pulley without slipping.
M
T₁
m1
r
T2
m₂
(a) Why must the tension T₂ be greater than the tension T₁?
This answer has not been graded yet.
(b) What is the acceleration of the system, assuming the pulley axis is frictionless? (Give the magnitude of a.)
m/s²
(c) Find the tensions T₁ and T₂.
T₁ =
N
T₂ =
N
Transcribed Image Text:An Atwood's machine consists of blocks of masses m₁ = 13.0 kg and m₂ = 18.0 kg attached by a cord running over a pulley as in the figure below. The pulley is a solid cylinder with mass M = 7.30 kg and radius r = 0.200 m. The block of mass m₂ is allowed to drop, and the cord turns the pulley without slipping. M T₁ m1 r T2 m₂ (a) Why must the tension T₂ be greater than the tension T₁? This answer has not been graded yet. (b) What is the acceleration of the system, assuming the pulley axis is frictionless? (Give the magnitude of a.) m/s² (c) Find the tensions T₁ and T₂. T₁ = N T₂ = N
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