written by
Gary Gladding
published by
the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students involving a cart and a block connected by a string passing over an ideal pulley. The student must determine the work done on the cart by the string. After submitting an answer, the student is provided with a Socratic-dialog "help" sequence designed to encourage critical thinking. In the dialog series, a guided conceptual analysis precedes the mathematics. Immediate feedback is provided for both correct and incorrect responses.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=6427">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pulley and Two Masses. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/p2m).
G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pulley and Two Masses (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/p2m>.
Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pulley and Two Masses. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/p2m
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pulley and Two Masses. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/p2m (accessed 16 May 2025).
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pulley and Two Masses. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 16 May 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/06/p2m>.
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Author = "Gary Gladding",
Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Pulley and Two Masses},
Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {16 May 2025},
Month = {June 16, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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