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The Rubber Bands

QUESTION:

drawing of a pulley system

Two identical rubber bands connect masses A and B to a string over a frictionless pulley of negligible mass. The amount of stretch is greater in the band that connects which mass?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. A and B are the same.

For help with this question, see Conceptual Physics, Chapter 6.

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