Solving the Mystery of M1 and M2: What is the Equation for?

[jomuk]

ok so I've got this equation

M1 = T1^2
M2 __T2^2
the _s are only for spacing purposes
can anyone tell me what it is for?

I think the M is mass and the T is tension but I really have no idea

 

[HallsofIvy]

One can make up equations for anything- and different applications might give the same equation. I can't imagine starting from an equation and the asking what the application is!

I think the best one can say here is that "mass is proportional to the square of the tension" (or "tension is proportional to the square root of the mass).

 

[ZapperZ]

ok so I've got this equation

M1 = T1^2
M2 __T2^2
the _s are only for spacing purposes
can anyone tell me what it is for?

I think the M is mass and the T is tension but I really have no idea

Hallsofivy was being too polite. I would criticize you for not, at the very least, put the equation you found in some context, i.e. WHERE did you find this expression? Under what topic/chapter/subject/supermarket tabloid/etc. was it written? It can't just appear out of nowhere.

Having said that, I will put one possible, consistent guess: T is the period of oscillation of a spring-mass system, and M is the mass. This is because the period of that system is given by

[tex]T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{M}{k}}[/tex]

Zz.

 

[expscv]

lol for some application in calualte the tension needed in each wire/rope for that particular mass?

 

[Nenad]

ok so I've got this equation

M1 = T1^2
M2 __T2^2
the _s are only for spacing purposes
can anyone tell me what it is for?

I think the M is mass and the T is tension but I really have no idea

are these two equations or one equation written on two spaces?
do you mean"
[tex] M_1 = {T_1}^2 {M_2}{T_2}^2 [/tex]

 

[Doc Al]

are these two equations or one equation written on two spaces?
do you mean"
[tex] M_1 = {T_1}^2 {M_2}{T_2}^2 [/tex]

I presume he meant it as a statement of proportionality:
[tex]\frac{M_1}{M_2} = \frac{T_1^2}{T_2^2}[/tex]

The only thing that rings a bell is what ZapperZ suggested.

 

[pervect]

I presume he meant it as a statement of proportionality:
[tex]\frac{M_1}{M_2} = \frac{T_1^2}{T_2^2}[/tex]

The only thing that rings a bell is what ZapperZ suggested.

T could be kinetic energy, but there's really not enough data to know.

 

[ArmoSkater87]

I was thinking it might be concentration and temperature...but i really don't think it is after trying to derive it using gas laws.

 

[HallsofIvy]

Hallsofivy was being too polite.
Zz.

WHAT! Someone is accusing me of being polite!

 

[ZapperZ]

WHAT! Someone is accusing me of being polite!

Damn right I did! And don't let me catch you doing that again!

:)

Zz.

 

[Doc Al]

Think I should give Halls a warning?

 

[zynko]

looks like an expression of inversed perportions