Three identical blocks of mass m on a frictionless surface are connected by massless taut strings. A force Fis applied on the rightmost block as shown in the figure below so that each block moves to right with acceleration a. m m Applying Newton's second law on the rightmost block: EFx = = ma Applying Newton's second law on the block at the center: IFx - T2- Applying Newton's second law on the leftmost block: ZFx= ma If each block has a mass of 10 kg and is accelerating at 2 m/s, the magnitude of the tension on the second string is 72 = N.

Three identical blocks of mass m on a frictionless surface are connected by massless taut strings. A force Fis applied on the rightmost block as shown in the figure below so that each block moves to right with acceleration a. m m Applying Newton's second law on the rightmost block: EFx = = ma Applying Newton's second law on the block at the center: IFx - T2- Applying Newton's second law on the leftmost block: ZFx= ma If each block has a mass of 10 kg and is accelerating at 2 m/s, the magnitude of the tension on the second string is 72 = N.

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Problem 13WUE: A block of mass m1= 10 kg is on a frictionless table to the left of a second block of mass m2 = 24...

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