Chapter 5, Problem 24P

|| Two boxes are connected by a light string that passes over a light, frictionless pulley. One box rests on a frictionless ramp that rises at 30.0° above the horizontal (see Figure 5.52), and the system is released from rest. (a) Make free-body diagrams of each box. (b) Which way will the 50.0 kg box move, up the plane or down the plane? Or will it even move at all? Show why or why not. (c) Find the acceleration of each box.

Figure 5.52

Problem 24.