A rope connected to the mass goes over a massless pulley to a second mass m2 hanging off the end of the table. Find the acceleration of the system and the tension in the rope.
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using F=ma on the whole system
(m2)g=(m1+m2)a
a=(m2)g/(m1+m2)
using F=ma on m1
T=(m1)(m2)g/(m2+m1)
using F=ma on the whole system
(m2)g=(m1+m2)a
a=(m2)g/(m1+m2)
using F=ma on m1
T=(m1)(m2)g/(m2+m1)