Engineering
Physics
Newtons First Law of Motion
Question

A person stands on a platform-and-pulley system, as shown in figure. The masses of the platform and  person are M and m respectively. The rope and pulley is massless. The man can pull on the rope so as to produce one of the situations shown in column I. In column II, T is tension & N is normal reaction between the man and the platform. Match the possible situations.

Column I Column II
(A) At equilibrium (P) N = (2m + M) g
(B) When the system falls down freely (Q) T = (m + M) g
(C) When accelerating upwards (R) N<mg2
(D) When accelerating downwards (S) N > (2m + M)g
  (T) T <  (m + M)g
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2T=N+MgN=T+mgT=(M+m)g:equ.

N < 0   ⇒ 2T – Mg < 0        T < Mg2  : Break off.

(C) 2TNMg=maNTmg=maT=(m+M)(g+a)N=(2m+M)(g+a)

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