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Applied Maths: Pulleys and Wedges Applets
| How Applied Maths really works | Cartoon from smbc-comics.com | 5 Star | |
| Basic diagram showing all the forces acting on the block | From absorblearning.com | 3 Star | |
| Limiting friction | Nice simulation to help understand a tricky concept. From absorblearning.com | 4 Star | |
| Mass on a table connected to a hanging mass | From mathsphysics.com. It's interactive so play with the settings. | 4 Star | |
| Pulleys | |||
| Introduction | Useful inroduction to a basic pulley. Interactive | 3 Star | |
| This applet allows for an indepth investigation, but watch out; you're limited to 5 minutes. | 4 Star | ||
| Risks life to prove physical law | link | YouTube. 1 min | |
| Mass on an inclined Plane | |||
| Basic diagram showing all forces acting on the block | From absorblearning.com | 3 Star | |
| Short introductory applet | Smple pulley and wedge on an inclined plane | 3 Star | |
| Relative acceleration Pulley and wedge: | From mathsphysics.com. It's interactive so play with the settings. | 4 Star | |
| Useful for demonstrating the movement of a particle as it slides down a wedge on a smooth surface | This from surendranath.com. Click on the "Wedge and a free block" option |
4 Star | |
| Movable pulley and mass | From mathsphysics.com. It is a common exam question but difficult to explain withour seeing it in action. | 4 Star | |
| Movable pulley and two masses | As above | 4 Star | |
| Relative acceleration with a movable puley | As above | 4 Star | |
| A typical question. Part 1 of 2 | MyYouTube. 8 mins | ||
| Part 2 of 2 | MyYouTube. 7 mins |