A 16 kg block rests on a 29 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a 29 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 16 kg block rests on a 29 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a
light string to a 29 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 16 kg block rests on a 29 degree inclined frictionless surface and is attached by a light string to a 29 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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