In the figure, pulleys are smooth and strings are massless, m1 = 1 kg and m2=13 kg To keep m3 at rest, mass m3 should be
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a
1 kg
b
23 kg
c
14 kg
d
2 kg
answer is A.
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m3 is at rest. Therefore,2T = m3 g …(i)Further, if m3 is at rest, then pulley P is also at rest.Writing equations of motion, m1g - T = m1a …(ii) T - m2g = m2a …(iii)Solving Eqs. (i), (ii) and (iii), we get m3 = 1 kg