So I did this question and one thing that is EXTREMELY tricky (i.e. I kept bangning my head against the wall, trying to do this while I was sleepy...), is that on the FBD for the blocks, you have T1 going to the right and T3 going up. For the FBD for the pulley, these are OPPOSITE in direction...
I'm sorry, you assumed right, the stick is horizontal before the string is cut. I guess I forgot to post the diagram :-p
THANK YOU SO MUCH, you are awesome! I figured out the I, it's just the Icm+Mx^2, and yes, I do use x as r, in calculating a = alpha / r. YAYYY :smile:
Hi, this question was from an archived thread but I have another relevant question that was not answered by any of the posters--
P.S. The answer to c is NOT mg.
Homework Statement
A meter stick (L = 1 m) with mass M = 0.409 kg is supported by two strings, one at the 0 cm mark and the...