Chapter 7: Q. 25 (page 178)

The $100 k g$ block in FIGURE EX $7.25$ takes $6.0 s$ to reach the floor after being released from rest. What is the mass of the block on the left? The pulley is massless and frictionless.

Short Answer

Expert verified

The acceleration of the $2.0 k g$ blocks is $2.16 m / s^{2}$

Step by step solution

Given information

Mass of right block, $M = 100 k g$

Time taken $t = 6 s$

Distance moved $s = 1 m$

Explanation

Equation of motion for mass m

$T - m g = m a \dots \dots (1)$

Equation of motion for mass M:

$M g - T = M a \dots \dots (2)$

On adding equation $(1) and(2)$

$g (M - m) = a (M + m) m = \frac{M (g - a)}{(g + a)}$

Acceleration a can be calculated as follows.

localid="1649613906426" $s = u t + \frac{1}{2} a t^{2} u = 0 s = 1 m t = 6 s 1 m = 0 + \frac{1}{2} (a) {(6 s)}^{2} a = \frac{2}{36} m / s^{2} a = 0.055 m / s^{2} m = \frac{(100 k g) (9.8 m / s^{2} - 0.055 m / s^{2})}{(9.8 m / s^{2}) + (0.055 m / s^{2})} m = 98.87 k g$

The mass of the block on the left side is $98.87 k g$

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