Work, Energy and Simple Machines

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This website contains information and diagrams regarding the physical principles describing the motion of an Atwood machine. It also has a form in which you can plug in numbers and get results for tension.

An in-depth and extensive treatment of the subject of Work, with explanations, illustrations, diagrams, and examples.

This site provides a neat, concise, and lucid explanation of how to solve problems having to do with pulleys. It extends the simple explanation to include inertia; and, by extension, friction as well. Just substitute friction for inertia (Ia).