Q. 28 Two masses of 5 kg and 3 kg are suspended with help of massless inextensible strings as shown in figure. Calculate T1 and T2 when the whole system is going upwards with acceleration =2m/s2( use g=9.8ms2).


Hint: Apply Newton's second law of motion
Step 1: Apply Newton's second law on both of the bocks separately.

 Given, m1=5kg,m2=3kgg=9.8m/s2 and a=2m/s2

 For the upper block T1T25g=5aT1T2=5(g+a) .................1 For the lower block T23g=3a  .............2Step 2: Solve the above equationsT2=3(g+a)=3(9.8+2)=35.4N From Eq. (i) T1=T2+5(g+a)=35.4+5(9.8+2)=94.4N