Question

A toy car of about 50 g placed on a polished table with threads attached to it carrying two pans passed through pulleys is depicted.

(a) What do you observe if too g each is placed on both pans?

(b) What do you observe if too g is placed on pan A and 200 g in pan B

(c) Justify your answers.

Answer 1

a. The car will be stationary because the force excreted from both sides are equal.

b. The pan of weight 200 will pull with more force and it moves that direction.

c. In the first phase same force is excerted. But in second phase force is exerted to one direction.