In the arrangement shown, the pulleys are fixed and ideal, the strings are light, $m_{1} m_{2}$ and $S$ is a spring balance which is itself massless. The reading of $S$ (in unit of mass) is [image:5_image38.png]

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In the arrangement shown, the pulleys are fixed and ideal, the strings are light, $m_{1} > m_{2}$ and $S$ is a spring balance which is itself massless. The reading of $S$ (in unit of mass) is [image:5_image38.png]

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(d) Reading of spring balance $= T = \frac{2m_{1}m_{2}g}{m_{1} + m_{2}}(N)$

Q. In the arrangement shown, the pulleys are fixed and ideal, the strings are light, $m_{1} > m_{2}$ and $S$ is a spring balance which is itself massless. The reading of $S$ (in unit of mass) is

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