A box of massmis placed on a frictionless table and connected, via a string, to another box of massMwhich hangs off the table. The string connecting the two boxes passes through a pulley that is fixed to theend of the table. (a) Draw the Free Body Diagram (FBD) for both boxes separately (b) Find the acceleration of both boxes (c) Find the tension in the string

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A box of massmis placed on a frictionless table and connected, via a string, to another box of massMwhich hangs off the table. The string connecting the two boxes passes through a pulley that is fixed to theend of the table.

(a) Draw the Free Body Diagram (FBD) for both boxes separately

(b) Find the acceleration of both boxes

(c) Find the tension in the string

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Mass of box on table = m,

Mass of box hanging through string = M.

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