A car is being pulled to the right in the two ways shown. Neglecting the inertia of the pu...

A car is being pulled to the right in the two ways shown. Neglecting the inertia of the pulleys and rope as well as any friction in the pulleys, if the car is allowed to roll freely, will the acceleration of the car in (a) be smaller, equal to, or larger than the acceleration of the car in (b)?

Note:Concept problems are about explanations, not computations.

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