Two blocks are connected by a lightweight string passing over a pulley, as shown in the figure below. The block with mass
m1 = 16.5 kg
on the incline plane accelerates up the plane with negligible friction. The block's acceleration is
and the tension in the segment of string attached to this block is T1.
The hanging block has a mass of
and the tension in the string attached to it is T2.
The radius of the pulley is
and its moment of inertia is I. The incline plane makes an angle of
with the horizontal.
a) What is the tension force T1?
b) What is the tension force T2?
c) Find a symbolic expression for the moment of interia in terms of the tensions of T1 and T2, the pulley radius r, and the acceleration a (use variables only)
d) What is the numerical value of the moment of intertia of the pulley?
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