A 2 kg aluminum block and a 6 kg copper block are connected by a light string over a frictionless pulley. The two blocks are allowed to move on a fixed steel block wedge (of angle 0 = 35°) as shown in the Fig. (2). The coefficient of kinetic friction for each block is shown in the figure. Determine: %3D (a) The acceleration of the two blocks. (b) The tension in the string. Aluminum Copper H = 0.47 Steel Hk = 0.36

A 2 kg aluminum block and a 6 kg copper block are connected by a light string over a frictionless pulley. The two blocks are allowed to move on a fixed steel block wedge (of angle 0 = 35°) as shown in the Fig. (2). The coefficient of kinetic friction for each block is shown in the figure. Determine: %3D (a) The acceleration of the two blocks. (b) The tension in the string. Aluminum Copper H = 0.47 Steel Hk = 0.36

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