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Chapter 4, Problem 37P
(II) A train locomotive is pulling two cars of the same mass behind it, Fig. 4-39. Determine the ratio of the tension in the coupling (think of it as a cord) between the locomotive and the first car (FT1), to that between the first car and the second car (FT2), for any nonzero acceleration of the train.
FIGURE 4-39 Problem 36.
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