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Modelling Assumptions: Light Inextensible Strings and Smooth Pulleys
Explain the physical implications of a string being light (zero mass, uniform tension) and inextensible (equal accelerations).
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Connected Particles and Pulley Systems
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Model connected particles moving horizontally, vertically, and over smooth fixed pulleys using light inextensible strings.
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Learning standards covered
R4General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (UK A-Level) · Maths · 11th Grade[Understand and use Newton’s third law; equilibrium of forces on a particle and motion in a straight line (restricted to forces in two perpendicular directions or simple cases of forces given as 2-D vectors); application to problems involving smooth pulleys and connected particles]; resolving forces in 2 dimensions; equilibrium of a particle under coplanar forces
Open Global Standard:OGM.13.MEC.4
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