Set
down as positive. Tension is a pull.
T1 is tension in rope connecting
10.0 kg and 30.0 kg
T2 is tension in rope connecting
10.0 kg and 15.0 kg
Sum Forces = mass x acceleration
Green Object mgreen
g Sin 30o - T2 = - mgreen a
Purple Object mpurple g
Sin 30o + T2 - T1 = - mpurple
a
Red Object mred
g - T1 = mreda
NOW SOLVE THE EQUATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY
T1 = mredg - mreda
(Red Object solved for T1)
mpurple g Sin 30o + T2
- mred g + mred a = - mpurple
a (T1substituted into
Purple Object)
T2 = mred g - mpurple
a - mred a - mpurple g Sin 30o
(Previous Equation Solved for T2)
mgreen g Sin 30o - mred
g + mpurple a + mred a + mpurple g Sin 30o
= - mgreen a
(T2 substituted into Green Object)
NOW GET ALL a TERMS ON LEFT SIDE AND ALL g
TERMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE
mpurple a + mred a + mgreen
a = mred g - mpurple g Sin 30o - mgreen
g Sin 30o
FACTOR OUT a
a(mpurple + mred +
mgreen) = mred g - mpurple g Sin 30o
- mgreen g Sin 30o
(mred g - mpurple
g Sin 30o - mgreen g Sin 30o )
a = ----------------------------------------------------------------
(mpurple + mred + mgreen)
( 30.0 kg x 9.80 m/s2 -
10.0 kg x 9.80 m/s2 x Sin 30o - 15.0 kg x 9.80 m/s2
x Sin 30o)
a =
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= 3.12 m/s2
(10.0 kg + 30.0 kg + 15.0 kg)
a = = 3.12 m/s2
mgreen g Sin 30o - T2
= - mgreen a
T2 = mgreen
a + mgreen g Sin 30o T2
= 15.0 kg x 3.12 m/2 + 15.0 kg x 9.80 m/s2
Sin 30o
T2 = 120. N |