A 15kg block rests on a 29 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a 36kg hanging mass where the string passes over a massless frictionless pully. What is the tension in the connecting string? Gravity is 9.8ms and please round to 3 decimal places.

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A 15kg block rests on a 29 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a 36kg hanging mass where the string passes over a massless frictionless pully. What is the tension in the connecting string? Gravity is 9.8ms and please round to 3 decimal places.

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