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Thanks for your response Jonathan. The idea is not for X to approach zero though - cause if it did, there would be no problem really. I am also assuming that the dead weight M is already at height Y, so no work from the system or prior to initiating the system is involved. I was hoping that someone ...

I have a conceptual problem that some here may be able to enlighten me about. Concept: Say you had a mass M that was allowed to drop a distance Y under the force of gravity. You connect via a simple pulley to M as it falls, so as to harness this energy using a cord of some description. This cord is ...