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Take accl^n of A and of pulley 2 = a , that of pulley 1 = a// and that of B = a/ ... The strings are named as shown in MY diagram (Right hand side figure) Let B represent the position of the block B. Let it is displaced to B/ . The position of 1st pulley is C. It goes to C / . The 2nd pulley is in A along with the block A. It goes to A / . E and F are the fixed ends. The length of the string will remain constant. So for first string..... BD + DC + CE = B/ D + DC/ + C / E or BB/ + B/ D + DC + CE = B/ D + DC + CC/ + C/C + CE ... (from figure) or BB/ = 2CC/

Thus displacement of block B = 2 x (displacement of pulley 1) Diff.. twice with respect ot time.. we get accl^n of block B (a/ ) = 2 x accl^n of pulley 1 (a// ) or a/ = 2 a//__________(1) Now for second string.... CA + AF = C/ A/ + A/ F or CC/ + C/ A + AF = C/ A + AA/ + A/ A + AF or CC/ = 2 AA/.. Thus displacement of pulley 1 = 2 x (displacement of pulley 2) = 2 x (displacement of block A) Diff. twice with respect to time.. we get accl^n of pulley 1 (a// ) = 2 x accl^n of block A (a) or a// = 2a ________(2) equation (1) and (2) implies a/ = 2 (2a) or a/ = 4a. i,e, accl^n of block B = 4 x (accl^n of block A) ___________(3) Now let tension in string joining B with E be T Since pulley 1 and 2 are massless, so force on them is zero ... i,e tension in string joining C and F is = T + T = 2T and tension in string joining the block A to the 2nd pulley = 2T + 2T = 4T So writing force equations of A and B... respectively we get... 5g - 4T = 5a ________ (4) and T or T k k

(10g) = 10 a/

(10g) = 10 (4a) ........... [by (3) ]

or T - 0.1(100) = 40a or T = 40a + 10 _______ (5) Put value of T from equ^n (5) in equ^n (4).... to get ---->>> 5g - 4( 40a + 10) = 5a or 50 - 160a - 40 = 5a or 165a = 10 or a = accl^n of block A = 10/165 = 0.06 m/s^2 another example ,

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