Tension in Wire with Hanging Masses

Finding the tension in wires holding up hanging masses.

[marineships]

BLESS YOU, MAN . My exam's in two days and I don't know what I would do in it if I didn't understand this. So thanks!!

[Sophia-wqdf]

It really helped me a lot to understand this kind of quesions! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!

[memawscheesetiddies]

I cannot thank you enough for this brother. I am struggling in AP Physics and needed a good grade on this online test to improve my grade for the quarter, I had no clue how to solve this problem until I found this video.

[dianakulubayeva]

There is a conquering gre textbook which says that the ratios of T1 and T2 is the the ratio of the masses of the blocks m1 and m2. In that case they consider the blocks hanged by a person stationary. But in your case the ratio of tensions is (m1+m2)/m2. Who is correct? I think they should be right but I don’t understand how it comes out

[swatiraykar]

what happens to the weight exerted by m1 and m2 u need to consider this too think PLZ REPLY

[mrlolface]

omg this is the only video i can find with this problem thank you much

[aranichowdhury]

Ok then I have a question that..
As the two blocks are separated i.e attached by string.. thats why on 1 block the downward forward isn't (m1+m2)g? It is m1g and similarly it is m1a? Not (m1+m2)a?
So if they were attached with each other i.e both are sticked with a glue or something they the downward force will be (m1+m2)g? And other is (m1+m2)a?

[preetigupta]

Thank u sir for solving this physics problem

[mustafamirza]

Where does the upward force applied play into this?

[arshiyakharel]

If you were a given a question with acceleration involved how would you handle it?

[sonicspider]

Great video but how would u find the acceleration?

[pranavkakliya]

Shouldn't m1 really be m1 + m2 because the string is actually supporting 2 masses?

[chinjunyuan]

what if there's three objects hanging, how to considered the tension?