A box of mass m 2 3 5 kg rests on a frictionless horizontal shelf and is attached by strings to boxes of masses m 1 1 5 kg and m 3 2 5 kg, which hang freely, as shown in Figure 4 39 Both pulleys are frictionless and massless The system is initially held at rest After it is released, find (a) The ac...

Evidently m 1 will accelerate up m 2 to the right and m 3 down with the ...

A box of mass m 2 = 3.5 kg rests on a frictionless horizontal shelf and is

Question:

A box of mass m₂ = 3.5 kg rests on a frictionless horizontal shelf and is attached by strings to boxes of masses m₁ = 1.5 kg and m₃ = 2.5 kg, which hang freely, as shown in Figure 4-39. Both pulleys are frictionless and massless. The system is initially held at rest. After it is released, find

(a) The acceleration of each of the boxes,

(b) The tension in eachstring.