Your friend’s 13.6-g graduation tassel hangs on a string from his rearview mirror. (a) When he accelerates from a stoplight, the tassel deflects backward toward the rear of the car. Explain. (b) If the tassel hangs at an angle of 6.44° relative to the vertical, what is the acceleration of the car? Show your work and explain.

Your friend’s 13.6-g graduation tassel hangs on a string from his rearview mirror. (a) When he accelerates from a stoplight, the tassel deflects backward toward the rear of the car. Explain. (b) If the tassel hangs at an angle of 6.44° relative to the vertical, what is the acceleration of the car? Show your work and explain.

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Your friend’s 13.6-g graduation tassel hangs on a string
from his rearview mirror. (a) When he accelerates from a
stoplight, the tassel deflects backward toward the rear of the
car. Explain. (b) If the tassel hangs at an angle of 6.44° relative to
the vertical, what is the acceleration of the car? Show your work and explain.

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