Atwood machine with tension, weight and acceleration

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An Atwood machine: masses m_1 and m_2 hanging over one fixed pulley, with tension T up each side of the string, weights m_1 g and m_2 g down, and dashed acceleration arrows a, up on the left and down on the right
Two blocks, m_1 on the left and m_2 on the right, hang from one string over a fixed pulley hung from the ceiling. Tension T is drawn on each side of the string, pulling up on each block and down on the pulley, and the weights m_1 g and m_2 g point down from the blocks. Dashed acceleration arrows a point up beside m_1 and down beside m_2.

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