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If a pulley was attached to a mass of x kilograms on the ground and another mass of also x kilograms y meters in the air jumped on the other end of the pulley but only grabbed on to after free fall for 1.5 would the force exerted on it be larger? Both masses are equal and g is constant thanks to gravity but isn't the mass that is falling for 1.5 seconds have a higher force because of its higher velocity?
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Velocity does not affect force. An object at rest has no acceleration because all forces acting on it cancel out (gravity going down, normal force going up). Similarly, an object that is going 10 m/s on a frictionless plane has the exact same forces acting on it, and thus the same acceleration (0 m/s/s).
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But the mass grabbing on the pulley would decelerate at a rate of 1.5g after grabbing thus exerting more force
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