Question

 

Two blocks of unequal mass are tied together with a massless string that does not stretch and connected via a frictionless and massless pulley. Mass one,  , rests on a frictionless tabletop. Mass two,  , is released and both blocks begin to move. The blocks accelerate at the same rate since they are connected. What is the acceleration?

 

a. g/2.

 

b. g.

 

c. zero.

 

d. a value greater than g.

 

e. a value between zero and g.