Ok, for mass 2, the heavy one, there are two tension forces, but no acceleration, I think. For the hanging mass, just weight down, and the normal/tension force up.
Thanks,
Lily
A block of mass m_1 is attached to a massless, ideal string. This string wraps around a massless pulley and then wraps around a second pulley that is attached to a block of mass m_2 that is free to slide on a frictionless table. The string is firmly anchored to a wall and the whole system is...
I'm working on the exact same problem myself, and I've come up with the following:
T_1*sin(theta_1)+T_1*cos(theta_1)*sin(theta_2)/cos(theta_2)-mg
Where did I go wrong? That isn't the right answer, apparently, because I am told that the answer does not depend on the variable T_1, but if it...