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    Feb 24, 2008, 10:33 PM
    Tension - Two Masses
    Can someone please help me to understand this problem?

    Two 100-N weights are attached to a scale as shown. What is the reading on the scale? (I have attached the picture)


    The correct answer is 100N but I do not understand why it is not 200N.
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    Feb 25, 2008, 12:36 AM
    I do not understand why it is not zero as they are balancing each other

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