Alex is asked to move two boxes of books in contact with each other and resting on a frictionless floor. He decides to move them at the same time by pushing on box A with a horizontal pushing force F. =9.3 N. Here box A has a mass m = 12.1 kg and box B has a mass7.0 kg. The contact force between the two boxes is F_and N denotes the normal force.(a) What is the acceleration (in m/s) of the two boxes?m/s²(b) What is the force (in N) exerted on m by m?NQurd(c) If Alex were to push from the other side on the 7.0 kg box, how would your answer to part (b) change?N

a)as per newton's second law of motionFnet=maFp=mA+mBaa=FpmA+mB =9.3 12.1+7 =0.487 m/s2

Alex is asked to move two boxes of books in contact with each other and resting on a frictionless floor. He decides to move them at the same time by pushing on box A with a horizontal pushing force 9.3 N. Here box A has a mass m 12.1 kg and box has a mass m - 7.0 kg. The contact force between the two boxes is F and N denotes the normal force. m m₂ (a) What is the acceleration (in m/s2) of the two boxes? m/s2 (b) What is the force (in N) exerted on ma by m? N (c) If Alex were to push from the other side on the 7.0 kg box, how would your answer to part (b) change? N p

Alex is asked to move two boxes of books in contact with each other and resting on a frictionless floor. He decides to move them at the same time by pushing on box A with a horizontal pushing force 9.3 N. Here box A has a mass m 12.1 kg and box has a mass m - 7.0 kg. The contact force between the two boxes is F and N denotes the normal force. m m₂ (a) What is the acceleration (in m/s2) of the two boxes? m/s2 (b) What is the force (in N) exerted on ma by m? N (c) If Alex were to push from the other side on the 7.0 kg box, how would your answer to part (b) change? N p

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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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