Newton's Second Law: g by Atwood's Machine
Derivation of Equation for "g"
1. On the sketch below, draw all forces acting on the masses of the Atwood's machine.
m1
m2
Solve for g in terms of the masses m1 and m2 and the acceleration a. Do not use actual data from your experiment. (Hint: Start by writing Newton's Second Law for each of the masses.)