AP Physics C: Mechanics
3.4 Conservation of Energy
3.2 Work

The system is released from rest, and block 2 accelerates downward through a vertical distance \(d\) while block 1 remains on the tabletop.
In terms of the magnitude of the string tension \(T\) and the distance \(d\), which of the following correctly gives the changes in mechanical energy \(\Delta E_1\), \(\Delta E_2\), and \(\Delta E_{\text{sys}}\) for the block 1–Earth system, the block 2–Earth system, and the two-block–Earth system, respectively?
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