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Published on: August 21, 2026
Two bodies of masses of
and
are tied to the ends of a massless string. The string passes over a frictionless pulley. The acceleration of the system is
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From the figure,

For mass
(i)
For mass 
From Eqs.(i) and (ii), we get


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