A 320-kg glider is being pulled by a 1,860-kg jet along a horizontal runway with an acceleration of a = 2.20 m/s2 to the right as in the figure below. Find the following. (a) the magnitude of the thrust provided by the jet's engines (b) the magnitude of the tension in the cable connecting the jet and glider

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A 320-kg glider is being pulled by a 1,860-kg jet along a horizontal runway with an acceleration of a = 2.20 m/s2 to the right as in the figure below. Find the following.

(a) the magnitude of the thrust provided by the jet's engines

(b) the magnitude of the tension in the cable connecting the jet and glider

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