You’ve come so far with your analysis that I really want to give you the “real way” to solve these types of problems. Normally, this method isn’t introduced to you until your second year in college, and that’s only if you’re an engineer taking Statics and Dynamics classes (the next level after this course).

Here’s a step-by-step method that really puts all the pieces we’ve been working on all together into one:

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Do you see how easy that is? It puts the FBD (free body diagram) together with the MAD (mass-acceleration diagram) and uses Newton’s Laws to solve for the things you need to know. Using pictures and equations, you can solve anything now!

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