Figure P8.43 shows two blocks, one of which is placed on a low-friction table, and supports, by

Question:

Figure P8.43 shows two blocks, one of which is placed on a low-friction table, and supports, by means of a massless rope that runs over a low-friction pulley, the other block, which is suspended in mid-air. If you hold the hanging block, and then release it, how big an inertia should this block have for the system to slide? What would the acceleration of the system be, in terms of $g, m$, and M?

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