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moooocow
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Two blocks are connected by a string of negligible mass passing over a pulley of radius .250m and moment of inertia I. The block on the frictionless incline(it has a picture of incline with block 1 on it at theta = 37, and block 2 is hanging off the side by the pulley) is moving up with a constant acceleration of 2 m/s^2. I can find the moment of inertia of the pulley if I have the tensions T1(block 1 before the pulley) and T2(block 2 after the pulley) I am having trouble with 2 things. Why are the tensions different in the two parts of the string and are the tensions just T2 = (m2)a + (m2)g and T1 = (m1)a - (m1)gsin(theta) with a = 2? Because these do not give me the correct tensions, but I am thrown off in the first place by the tensions being different, any help would be VERY appreciated. Thank you very much.