On a horizontal plane a block of mass m - 0.30 kg is placed and initially held at rest. To this block a massless string is attached and it initially keeps another block of mass M-0.50 kg vertically at rest via a fixed pulley as shown in Figure. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block m and the plane is Pk-0.25, but the friction between the block M and the vertical wall is zero. Calculate the tension T by string in N. (Hint: First calculate the acceleration of m or M. And set up the equation of motion for M to find the tension T.) T m M

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On a horizontal plane a block of mass m = 0.30 kg is placed and initially held at rest. To this block a massless string is attached and it initially keeps another block of mass M = 0.50 kg vertically at rest via a fixed pulley as shown in Figure. The coefficient of
kinetic friction between the block m and the plane is Pk -0.25, but the friction between the block M and the vertical wall is zero. Calculate the tension T by string in N. (Hint: First calculate the acceleration of m or M. And set up the equation of motion for M
to find the tension T.)
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Transcribed Image Text:On a horizontal plane a block of mass m = 0.30 kg is placed and initially held at rest. To this block a massless string is attached and it initially keeps another block of mass M = 0.50 kg vertically at rest via a fixed pulley as shown in Figure. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block m and the plane is Pk -0.25, but the friction between the block M and the vertical wall is zero. Calculate the tension T by string in N. (Hint: First calculate the acceleration of m or M. And set up the equation of motion for M to find the tension T.) T m M
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