Two men of masses m and m/2 starts climbing up on two massless strings fixed at the ceiling with acceleration g and g/2 respectively. The ratio of tensions in the two strings will be:

2 : 1

4 : 1

4 : 3

8 : 3

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[d] FBD of man of mass(m) FBD of man of mass (m/2)

T1=mg+mg T2=m2g+m2.g2

T 1 = 2 m g T 2 = m g 2 [32] = 3 m g 4

⇒ T1:T2::8:3

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Question Text	Two men of masses m and m/2 starts climbing up on two massless strings fixed at the ceiling with acceleration g and g/2 respectively. The ratio of tensions in the two strings will be:
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Two men of masses m and m/2 starts climbing up on two massless strings fixed at the ceiling with acceleration g and g/2 respectively. The ratio of tensions in the two strings will be:

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