Two buckets, each of mass M, are attached to a light and elastic string with elastic constant k over a light and smooth pulley as follows:
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The buckets have their base parts levelled and kept stationary.
Now, a small particle of mass m is dropped at a height h above the base of either bucket, as shown above.
Suppose that, at time t = 0, the particle reaches the base of the bucket, sticks to it, then moves together with the system as shown below:
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Find, in terms of all given and/or other parameters, the expression of displacements x1 (Of the lighter bucket) and x2 (Of the heavier bucket) as functions of t. (Suppose that the string remains in tension all the time.)