Two blocks are arranged at the ends of a massless cord over a frictionless massless pulley as shown in the figure. Assume the system starts
from rest. When the masses have moved a distance of 0.317 m, their speed is 1.33 m/s.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s
2

What is the coefficient of friction between
m2 and the table?

What is the magnitude of the tension in the
cord?
Answer in units of N.

newton's first law of motion

  distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.

explanation:

the instantaneous velocity = change in position/time taken

the slope of the graph should give instantaneous velocity.

  slope of a graph = change in value of y -axis / change in values of x -axis

  comparing both the equations

    change in value of y -axis = change in position

  change in values of x -axis = time taken

so position values should be on the y axis and time values should be on the x axis.

distance on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.