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PhysicsLaws of MotionJEE Main

Two weights w₁ and w₂ are suspended from the ends of a light string over a smooth fixed pulley. If the pulley is pulled up with acceleration g, the tension in the string will be

Answer: (A)

Solution

Accelerating the pulley upward at g is equivalent, in its own frame, to doubling the effective gravity to 2g.

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