Homework Help: PHYSICS

Posted by samir on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 4:33pm.

pete and john play a game of tug f war on a frictionless icy curface. pete weighs 539 N and john weights 392 N. during the course of the game, john accelerates toward pete at a rate of 3 m/s^2

a)what's the magnitude of the force that peter exerts on john?
b)what's the magnitude of pete's acceleration toward john?

I am not sure what formula to use, pleaase help!

PHYSICS - drwls, Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:34pm
The center of mass will remain in the same place in this frictionless situation

a) Use F = ma
Solve for the F

b) Also use F = ma on Pete, with the same F, and solve for a(of Pete).
The F will be the same on both, but in opposite directions.
PHYSICS - wendy, Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 8:39pm
While John is traveling along an interstate
highway, he notices a 160 mi marker as he
passes through town. Later John passes a
108 mi marker.
What is the distance between town and
John’s current location?
Answer in units of mi

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