laws of motion

Two unequal masses of 1 kg and 2 kg are connected by a string going over a clamped light smooth pulley. The system is released from rest. The larger mass is syopped for a moment 1 sec after the system is set in motion. Find the time elapsed before the string is tight again.
i know the answer but i want solution...

11 Answers

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prateek punj ·

hey buddy is the bigger mass after being stopped allowed to move ....
or it came to rest and not been allowed to move....

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skygirl ·

got t=1/√2 secs.

if corect, i will post soln...

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Philip Calvert ·

can you answer prateek's question sky???
plz.

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prateek punj ·

hey let me know whether the bigger mass is allowed to move after being stopped....

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Abhishek Priyam ·

See this... hope i am right..

string will be tight when... both has traveled same distance....
***edited****

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Abhishek Priyam ·

@prateek..

i think it is allowed to move as it was stopped for a moment

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Philip Calvert ·

so the ans is 1/6s

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Abhishek Priyam ·

NO edited there...
distance should be equal..

so g/3t-1/2gt2=1/2gt2

t=1/3 sec..

......

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Abhishek Priyam ·

Just try this with an observer at 2 kg block after it is released after just stopping it...

acc of 1 kg will become zero wrt 2kg.. so 1 kg will go with uniform speed of g/3 wrt 2 kg.. so string will get tight when ...shown in fig..

But here answer is coming out as g/3t=L so t=3L/g

but above it was independent of L as well as g :P

Wheres the mistake.. [1]

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Abhishek Priyam ·

any 1 trying above... [1]

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big looser ......... ·

thanks pirate from your first method i m getting right answer

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