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A pulley fixed to the ceiling carries a string with blocks of masses and 3  attached to its ends. The masses of string and pulley are negligible. When the system is released, the acceleration of center of mass will be

a)

Zero

b)

c)

d)



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A pulley fixed to the ceiling carries a string with blocks of masses and 3  attached to its ends. The masses of string and pulley are negligible. When the system is released, the acceleration of center of mass will be

a)

Zero

b)

c)

d)

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Answer Key / Explanation : (c) -

(c)

Let  be the tension in the string carrying                        

The masses

Let  be the acceleration, then

                          …(i)

                     …(ii)

Adding Eqs. (i) and (ii), we het

 

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