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Double Pulley Setup
M-m2e



A 500g mass balances a 1000g mass in a two pulley system; can show that the work done by each in moving is the same.


Fishbane Chapter:   5.1
HRW 9th:   7.05
Reese Chapter:   5.911
RHK 5th:   5.2
SJ 3rd Chapter:   4.7
PIRA DCS classification:   1M20.103

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University