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Given information

We  are given that:-

Tension force.  

Acceleration

Mass on left,

Mass right,

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

We draw a free-body diagram for each mass.

We choose up to be the positive direction. The tension force in the cord is found from analyzing the two hanging masses.

Notice that the same tension force is applied to each mass.

Write Newton’s second law for each of the masses.  

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