How does tension change in a pulley system with two blocks and acceleration?
You have a basic pulley (massless and frictionless) and two blocks on each end of a rope (negligable mass) hung over the pulley. If the mass on the right is greater than the mass on the left and so the system accelerates to the right, how are the tensions
You have to apply Newton's 2nd Law to both sides. However, the acceleration is the same for both. So when you set up F=ma for both sides, the a is the same and positive. Also, the forces will be positive or negative depending on what way the acceleration