OCR MEI M1 — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
TopicPulley systems

2 Boxes A and B slide on a smooth, horizontal plane. Box A has a mass of 4 kg and box B a mass of 5 kg . They are connected by a light, inextensible, horizontal wire. Horizontal forces of 9 N and 135 N act on A and B in the directions shown in Fig. 5. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{bf477f61-9f8f-418a-86d8-392bc30323b1-1_95_915_2042_650} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 5}
\end{figure} Calculate the tension in the wire joining the boxes.