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A rigid massless beam is balanced by a body of mass 4m on the left hand side and a pulley-mass system on the right hand side. The value of xy is :
(Consider the rope and pulley to be massless).

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76
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23
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1
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1112
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Solution

The correct option is B 23
Here the pulley and rope are massless, hence tension in the string on both sides of pulley will be same i.e T
The acceleration of masses m and 2m connected through pulley will be in opposite direction and given by,
a=(2mm)g3m=g3

From the F.B.D of components of system

Applying newton's second law on mass m,
Tmg=ma
T=mg+mg3=4mg3
From the equilibrium condition on mass 4m,
T=4mg
Applying balancing of moment on beam about hinge point (o),
Clockwise moment=Anti-clockwise moment
2T×y=T×x
xy=2TT
xy=8mg34mg
xy=23

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