Consider the system shown in figure. The pulley and the string are light and all the surfaces are frictionless. The tension in the string is (take g = 10 ms-2)
0 N
1 N
2 N
5 N
D.
5 N
If is acceleration of m2, then from fig
m2 g T = m2 .....(i)
and T = m1 = 1 ....(ii)
From (i)
m2 g T = m2
1 g m1 = m2
1 g = (m1 + m2 )
= ( 1 + 1 )
=
=
= 5 ms-2
∴ T = m1
T = 1 × 5
T = 5 N