Free Body Diagrams

Frictionless Pulley Problem


<div class="wp-block-create-block-problemblock">Two boxes with masses 17 kg and 15 kg are connected by a light string that passes over a frictionless pulley of negligible mass as shown in the figure below.  The surfaces of the planes are frictionless.  The blocks are released from rest.  T1 and T2 are the tensions in the strings.  Which of the following statements is correct?<br /><img src="/old/images/pulleyproblem.gif"  alt="Physics Free Body Diagram ><br /><ul><li>The 15 kg block accelerates down the plane</li><li>The 17 kg block accelerates down the plane</li><li>Both blocks remain at rest</li><li>T1 > T2</li><li>T1 < T2</li></ul"></div>


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