A string with one end fixed on a rigid wall passing over a fixed frictionless pulley at a distance of 2 m from the wall has a point mass M = 2 kg attached to it at a distance of 1m from the wall. A mass m = 0.5 kg is attached to the free end and is held at rest so that the string is horizontal between the wall and the pulley and vertical beyond the pulley. What will be the speed with which mass M will hit the wall when mass M is released?

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A string with one end fixed on a rigid wall passing over a fixed frictionless pulley at a distance of 2 m from the wall has a point mass M = 2 kg attached to it at a distance of 1m from the wall. A mass m = 0.5 kg is attached to the free end and is held at rest so that the string is horizontal between the wall and the pulley and vertical beyond the pulley. What will be the speed with which mass M will hit the wall when mass M is released?