Horizontal Pulley


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Horizontal Pulley


 Application of Newton's second law to a horizontal pulley.
Given a mass of kg placed on a horizontal table. It is attached by a rope over a pulley to a mass of kg which hangs vertically. Taking downward as the positive direction for the hanging mass, the acceleration will be

Acceleration =m/s²


With this acceleration, the tension in the rope will be
T= Newtons compared to the weight W = Newtons for the hanging mass.

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