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huskydc
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The problem is:
two identical blocks tied together with a string which passes over a pulley at the crest of the inclined planes, one of which makes an angle q1 = 18° to the horizontal, the other makes the complementary angle q2 = 72°.
If there is no friction anywhere, with what acceleration do the blocks move?
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I think my problem is that I don't know what to do with the angles. I tried drawing the free body diagram for each block, and I end up with
some of the forces for x component for block 1: T
(same as above but for y component for block 1): N - mg = 0
same goes for block 2.
But what should I go from here? Or how should I approach this?
two identical blocks tied together with a string which passes over a pulley at the crest of the inclined planes, one of which makes an angle q1 = 18° to the horizontal, the other makes the complementary angle q2 = 72°.
If there is no friction anywhere, with what acceleration do the blocks move?
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I think my problem is that I don't know what to do with the angles. I tried drawing the free body diagram for each block, and I end up with
some of the forces for x component for block 1: T
(same as above but for y component for block 1): N - mg = 0
same goes for block 2.
But what should I go from here? Or how should I approach this?