A cart of mass m - 4.6 kg rolls along a horizontal ramp. The cart is connected, by a rope drawn through a pulley, to a box ma = 2.10 kg that is hanging off the side of the table. (Note that box m2 does not touch the table in any way.) (a) Ignoring friction, what is the acceleration of the system? (b) What is the tension in the string? m2

A cart of mass m - 4.6 kg rolls along a horizontal ramp. The cart is connected, by a rope drawn through a pulley, to a box ma = 2.10 kg that is hanging off the side of the table. (Note that box m2 does not touch the table in any way.) (a) Ignoring friction, what is the acceleration of the system? (b) What is the tension in the string? m2

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Problem 28P: An object of mass m1 = 5.00 kg placed on a frictionless, horizontal table is connected to a string...

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