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P dilip_k
Aug 31, 2016

"Total force applied on the system"=T

"Total mass of the system"=m_1+m_2+m_3

"Acceleration of the system"

a=T/( m_1+m_2+m_3)

Tension in the string between m_2 and m_3 will provide the same acceleration a in the combined mass m_1+m_2

"So the required tension"
=(T( m_1+m_2)) /( m_1+m_2+m_3)

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