Question: two blocks ( m 1 < m 2 ) are connected by a massless string over a massless, frictionless pulley. The surface is also frictionless.

two blocks (m
1
< m
2
) are connected by a massless string over a massless,
frictionless pulley. The surface is also frictionless. You hold both masses initially at rest, then
give m
1
a push to the left. The string stays taut at all times. At the moment when m
1
is
instantaneously motionless (just before moving back to the right), is the tension in the string
greater than, equal to, or less than m
2
g? Explain

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