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Homework Statement
A light rope is attached to a block with mass 4.00 kg that rests on a frictionless, horizontal surface. The horizontal rope passes over a frictionless, massless pulley, and a block with mass m is suspended from the other end. When the blocks are released, the tension in the rope is 10.0N.
a.What is the acceleration of either block?
c.Find the mass m of the hanging block.
Homework Equations
ƩF=ma
The Attempt at a Solution
My attempt at solving the problem is attached. Can someone tell me where I went wrong?
(It got cut off at the bottom, it just says that my answer of 0.813kg is wrong, but I don't know why. THE CORRECT ANSWER IS: m=1.37kg