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Figure 5-20 shows a block S (the sliding...

Figure 5-20 shows a block S (the sliding block) with mass M = 3.3 kg. The block is free to move along a horizontal frictionless surface and connected, by a cord that wraps over a frictionless pulley, to a second block H (the hanging block), with mass m = 2.1 kg. The cord and pulley have negligible masses compared to the blocks (they are "massless"). The hanging block H falls as the sliding block S accelerates to the right. Find (a) the acceleration of block S, (b) the acceleration of block H, and ( c ) the tension in the cord.

Figure 5.20 A block S of mass M is connected to a block H of mass m by a cord that wraps over a pulley.

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