A cart with a total mass of 300g is on low-friction track with a string attached to mass of 100g hanging over a low friction pulley? The cart and hanging weight are held in place and then released. 1. what is the acceleration of the cart after it is released Express your answer in SI units keeping the correct number of significant figures.
Horizintal pulley with Friction
application is Newtons second law to ahorizontal pulley
Note that the tension in the string is NOT equal to the weight of the hanging mass except in the special care of zero
given mass of 300gms on a horizontal cart it is attached by string over a pulley to a mass of 100 gms which hangs vertically
the friction between mass and surface represented by a friction cofficient
the positive direction for hanging mass, the acceleration will be
Acceleration =2.45 m/s2
Tension of string will be T=0.7350000000000001
Newtons compared to the weight W=0.9800000000000001 Newtons for the hanging mass
if the weight of the hanging mass is less than than frictional resistance force acting on the mass on the cart.
Then the acceleration will be Zero.
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