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AP Physics 1
2.5 Newton’s Second Law
2.4 Newton’s First Law
2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
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Weight \(W\) hung at the center of two strings passing over pulleys to hanging blocks of mass \(m\).
Weight \(W\) hung at the center of two strings passing over pulleys to hanging blocks of mass \(m\).
A piece of metal of weight \(W\) is suspended by two identical strings. Each string passes through a pulley and is attached to a block of mass \(m\). The system is in equilibrium. What must be true for \(m\) such that the two strings attached to the piece of metal are almost horizontal?

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