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A block with mass M lies on a slippery horizontal surface On

Last updated: 6/12/2023

A block with mass M lies on a slippery horizontal surface On

A block with mass M lies on a slippery horizontal surface On top of it there is another block with mass m which in turn is attached to an identical block by a string The string has been pulled across a pulley situated at the corner of the big block and the second small block is hanging vertically Initially the system is held at rest Find the acceleration of the big block immediately after the system is released You may neglect friction as well as masses of the string and the pulley Take m 1kg M 2kg m M m