Pulley on the way down

A rope is wound round a pulley of mass M M and its free end is attached to a mass M M which is pulled down by gravity. At time t = 0 t=0 , the block is set free and begins to drop.

Find the acceleration of the block, a a .

Details and Assumptions:

  • The rope does not slip and is massless.
  • If your answer is in the form of A g B \dfrac{Ag}{B} , where A A and B B are coprime positive integers, find A + B A+B .
  • g = 10 m / s 2 g = \SI[per-mode=symbol]{10}{\meter\per\second\squared} .


The answer is 5.

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2 solutions

Steven Chase
Oct 29, 2016

You can check out one of my other problems.. 😊 its named "I <3 pulleys"

Tahmid Ranon - 4 years, 7 months ago

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Solved that one too. Nice one

Steven Chase - 4 years, 7 months ago

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thank you so much

Tahmid Ranon - 4 years, 7 months ago

Nice application of concepts

Mritunjay Mehta - 4 years, 2 months ago
Anubhav Tyagi
Nov 15, 2016

Here the rope does not slip on the pulley and hence the angular acceleration of the pulley is equal to: \ α = a R ( 1 ) \begin{aligned} \alpha &= \frac{a}{R} & (1) \end{aligned} Now, we write equations for the pulley and the block. For the block we have, M g − T = M a ( 2 ) \begin{aligned} Mg - T&= Ma & (2) \\ \end{aligned} For the pulley, T R = M R 2 2 × α ( 3 ) \begin{aligned} TR &=\frac{M R^2}{2} \times \alpha & (3) \\ \end{aligned} Substituting value of α \alpha from equation (1), we get T R = M R 2 2 × a R ( ) T = M a 2 ( 4 ) \begin{aligned} TR &=\frac{M R^2}{2} \times \frac{a}{R} & () \\ T &=\frac{M a}{2} (4)\\ \end{aligned} Adding equation (2) and (4), We get M g − M a 2 = M a a = 2 g 3 \begin{aligned} Mg - \frac{Ma}{2} &= Ma \\ a=\frac{2g}{3}\\ \end{aligned}

Very clear argument, great writeup, and a diagram!

Josh Silverman Staff - 4 years, 7 months ago

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Thanks @Josh Silverman

Anubhav Tyagi - 4 years, 7 months ago

Exactly! +1

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 7 months ago

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Thanks bro and for liking the solution

Anubhav Tyagi - 4 years, 7 months ago

oye meri problem bi kar lo bhai !

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 6 months ago

sir, there was a problem posted by me called advaced ? really ?? i am not able to find it ! plz help ! @Josh Silverman

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 6 months ago

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it was a nice problem !

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 6 months ago

@shubham dhull This is not the place to do this.

Josh Silverman Staff - 4 years, 6 months ago

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@Josh Silverman – then when should i ask you sir ? it was a nice problem ! plz tell

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 6 months ago

why is this problem level 3 it should be 1 .

A Former Brilliant Member - 4 years, 6 months ago

The problem is very easy but the solution by Steven Chase is very conceptual.

Mritunjay Mehta - 4 years, 2 months ago

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