A frictionless pulley has a rope of negligible mass passing over it. Blocks of mass 15 kg and 5 kg are attached at the two ends of the rope and held stationary. When the masses are released to move freely, their speed in m s^-1, after the rope has slipped by 0·25 m over the pulley, is closest to : (take g = 10·0 m s^-2)
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