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Two bodies of mass 4 kg and 6 kg are tied to the ends of a massless string. The string passes over a pulley which is frictionless. The acceleration of the system in terms of acceleration due to gravity (g) is:

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For a simple Atwood machine, the acceleration a is: a = \frac{m _{2} - m _{1}}{m _{1} + m _{2}} g Given m_{2} = 6 kg and m_{1} = 4 kg . a = \frac{6 - 4}{6 + 4} g = \frac{2}{10} g = \frac{g}{5}

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Two bodies of mass 4 kg and 6 kg are tied to the ends of a massless string. The string passes over a pulley which is frictionless. The acceleration of the system in terms of acceleration due to gravity (g) is:

g

g /2

g /5

g /10

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