A boy pulls a carriage with a force of 20N by a thick rope making an angle of 25° with the horizontal. If the wagon has a mass of 24.0 kg  (a) What is the horizontal acceleration of the carriage? (b) If the carriage starts at rest, how fast is it going after being pulled for 7 seconds?

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A boy pulls a carriage with a force of 20N by a thick rope making an angle of 25° with the horizontal. If the wagon has a mass of 24.0 kg 

(a) What is the horizontal acceleration of the carriage?

(b) If the carriage starts at rest, how fast is it going after being pulled for 7 seconds?

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Horizontal
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