Two blocks are connected by a string on a pulley. One block is on an incline, and the other is hanging. The smooth inclined surface makes an angle of 35 ∘ with the horizontal, and the block on the incline has a mass of 5.7 kg. The mass of the hanging block is m = 4.0kg .

Question

Find the magnitude of the hanging block's acceleration.

I'm not sure how to set up the problem. Help?

Answer 1

How about drawing the diagram of the objects and the free body diagram?
Then you can apply Newton's second law to find the acceleration.