Originally Posted By: paul
the mass has no force being applied to it.
so the mass has no force it can apply.

Wrong. The mass can apply a force. The mass cannot apply a force while no force is applied to it. However it can always apply a force sometime in the future, for example when it touches something. This is common sense Paul. A moving object will apply a force when it hits something.

I've already completely solve the system for 1 mass. You haven't even done that. Your reasoning contains many mistakes, which I keep pointing out, such as the one above.