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

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4ab(a+b)
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3ab(a+b)
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2ab(a+b)
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ab(a+b)
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Solution

The correct option is C 4ab(a+b)

Let acceleration of a and b be aa and ab consideringb to be moving downward and a to be moving upwards.
Clearly aa+g=abg
Equation of motion of a and b will be,
Tag=a(aa+g)
Tbg=b(gab)
Solving above eqns,
We get T=4ab/(a+b)

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