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I'm stumped. I was working on a problem in a computerized system that tells you whether you got it right or not and I successfully found everything including the force acting on each end of the string, which in this case is suspended over a (frictionless) pulley.
The force on one end is 19.6N and the force on the other is 67.2N. (opposing each other across the pulley)
So what I don't get is, how do you find the tension in the string?
I figured it was the sum of the forces on each end but it said that was wrong.
So then since it is a moving system, I tried subtracting the lesser force from the larger, and it said that was wrong too. :-/
Any advice?
Thanks
The force on one end is 19.6N and the force on the other is 67.2N. (opposing each other across the pulley)
So what I don't get is, how do you find the tension in the string?
I figured it was the sum of the forces on each end but it said that was wrong.
So then since it is a moving system, I tried subtracting the lesser force from the larger, and it said that was wrong too. :-/
Any advice?
Thanks