Timeline for Pulley system: how can tensions be equal throughout a entire rope if the weights on opposite ends are different?
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| Aug 15, 2015 at 22:11 | comment | added | Eeko | I'm not completely sure I understand what you're asking. The example I was using, I specifically avoided talking about hanging masses. In the case of your given example, where the rope is being pulled to one side, the whole rope is being pulled uniformly, so the tension doesn't change. | |
| Aug 15, 2015 at 17:49 | comment | added | most venerable sir | But the reality is that the rope is being pulled to the left (if the hanging mass on the left side does weight more than the one on the right side), and that the tension on the left side will naturally decrease. How is it not stable when it actually happen? | |
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| Aug 12, 2015 at 18:54 | history | answered | Eeko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |