
From the figure, m2g−T=m2a… (i) T−μkm1g=m1a… (ii) multiply eqn (i) with m1 and eqn (ii) with m2m1m2g−Tm1=m1m2a… (iii) Tm2−μkm1m2g=m1m2a… (iv) From eqn (iii) and (iv), we get,m1m2g−Tm1=Tm2−μkm1m2gm1m2g(1+μk)=T(m1+m2)∴T=m1+m2m1m2g(1+μk)