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Old 15th October 2004, 19:39
justin1987 justin1987 is offline
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Here's a question:
if you consider a connected body with a massless string, and then calculate the tension on the string, you'll get an uniform answer. say, let the tension be "x" newton. the value of x has to be a positive real number.
explain this phenomenon, { since the string is massless, tension, being a force, should be equal to 0 }
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Old 3rd March 2006, 14:03
Sharp_Kid Sharp_Kid is offline
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Force doesn't account for mass.
Mass is only a factor when considering forces in relation to gravity.
Are you mixing up force and accelaration?
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