Two packing crates of masses  m1 = 10.0 kg  and  m2 = 6.70 kg  are connected by a light string that passes over a frictionless pulley as in the figure below. The 6.70-kg crate lies on a smooth incline of angle 41.0°. Find the following. (a) the acceleration of the 6.70-kg crate (b) the tension in the string

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Two packing crates of masses 

m1 = 10.0 kg

 and 

m2 = 6.70 kg

 are connected by a light string that passes over a frictionless pulley as in the figure below. The 6.70-kg crate lies on a smooth incline of angle 41.0°. Find the following.

(a) the acceleration of the 6.70-kg crate

(b) the tension in the string

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