The desk has a weight of 75 lb and a center of gravity at G. Determine the initial acceleration of a desk when the man applies enough force F to overcome the static friction at A and B. Also, find the vertical reactions on each of the two legs at A and at B. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction at A and B are ms

Consider a double atwood machine constructed as follows: a mass 4m is suspended from a string that passes over a massless pulley on frictionless bearings. the other end of this string supports a second similar pulley, over which passes a second string supporting a mass of 3m at one end and m at the other. using two suitable generalized coordinates, set up the lagrangian and use the lagrange equations to find the acceleration of the mass 4m when the system is released. explain why the top pulley rotates even though it carries equal weights on each side.