No figure was provided. It sounds like an "Atwood machine" problem, with two masses connected by a pulley.
The acceleration of such a device is
a = g*(M1-M2)/(M1+M2) if friction and pulley mass can be ignored.
See http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Atwd.html
for more about this kind of problem
The 100 kg block in figure takes 7.00s to reach the floor after being released from rest. What is the mass of the block on the left?
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