# Simple Lagrangian Example [closed]

Consider a mass $$m$$ placed at the topmost point of a wedge of mass $$M$$. The wedge is free to move on the smooth floor.

What is the acceleration of the wedge and the block when the system is released from rest?

I know how to do this using Newtonian mechanics by setting up the force equations and solving for the acceleration but how can this be done using the Lagrangian?

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