A 12 kg block rests on a 24 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a 35 kg hanging mass where the string passes over a massless frictionless pulley. If g 9.8 m/s2, what is the tension in the connecting string?

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A 12 kg block rests on a 24 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a
35 kg hanging mass where the string passes over a massless frictionless pulley. If g = 9.8 m/s2,
what is the tension in the connecting string?
Transcribed Image Text:A 12 kg block rests on a 24 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a 35 kg hanging mass where the string passes over a massless frictionless pulley. If g = 9.8 m/s2, what is the tension in the connecting string?
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