Rotational Kinematics - Pulley with two masses: Two boxes hang from a solid disk pulley that is free to rotate as the blocks rise/fall. The left box has a mass m1 = 3.6 kg and the right box has a mass m2 = 1.7 kg. The pulley has mass m3 = 3.3 kg and radius R = 0.15 m.

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I'm having a problem on 5.).  I can upload my handwritten work if you want.

vincent-lyon.fr · Answer

Everything is fine, you simply forgot de 1/2  factor in your final answer.

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Thanks, I forgot to close the question :-).  I found a nice derivation of this on Yahoo answers and it's all starting to make sense.