Question: An 8-kg block and a 10-kg block connected by a rope that passes over a frictionless peg slide on frictionless inclines, as shown in Figure.

An 8-kg block and a 10-kg block connected by a rope that passes over a frictionless peg slide on frictionless inclines, as shown in Figure.

(a) Find the acceleration of the blocks and the tension in the rope.

(b) The two blocks are replaced by two others of mass m1 and m2 such that there is no acceleration. Find whatever information you can about the mass of these two new blocks.

40 50 3kg

40 50 3kg

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