Question
One 3kg paint bucket is hanging by a massless cord from another 3kg pain bucket, also hanging by a massless cord.
a) If the buckets are at rest, what is the tension in each cord?
b) If the buckets are pulled upward with an acceleration of 2.6 m/s^2 by the upper cord, calculate the tension in each cord.
a) If the buckets are at rest, what is the tension in each cord?
b) If the buckets are pulled upward with an acceleration of 2.6 m/s^2 by the upper cord, calculate the tension in each cord.
Answers
drwls
a) Mg (lower cord); 2 Mg (upper cord)
b) M*(g+a) (loer cord);
2M(g+a) (upper cord)
Do the numbers. Answers will be in Newtons if you use the right value for g, in m/s^2.
b) M*(g+a) (loer cord);
2M(g+a) (upper cord)
Do the numbers. Answers will be in Newtons if you use the right value for g, in m/s^2.