Pulleys everywhere
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
Two blocks are arranged as shown in the figure. Find the ratio of
.
1
4
6
8
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1 solution
Reversing the directions of accelerations will give the same ratio. If M2 goes up with acceleration a2, then the acceleration of left-most pulley will be 3a2, hence a1 will be 6 a2.