2.4.9∗. At the ends of a long thread, weights of mass $m$ each are suspended. The thread is spanned over two light little blocks located at a distance of $2l$ from each other. A $2m$ weight is attached to it in the middle between the blocks, and the system starts moving. Find the speed of loads after a sufficiently long period of time has elapsed.
For problem $2.4.9^*$
Solution
Changing the position of weights
From the geometry of the drawing, a trigonometric expression can be obtained by
Over the long period of time the $2m$ weight would go down infinitely ($h\to \infty$) From $(1)$, we obtain that as $h$ increases $\tan\varphi$ decreases
$$\tan\varphi \to 0;\quad\varphi \to 0$$
For the small angle $\varphi$ we could use an approximation to the second order of magnitude