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Posted by Tina on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 6:48pm.

Two boxes of masses 21.6 kg and 28.2 kg sit on a smooth, frictionless surface. The boxes are in contact, and a horizontal force of 68.2 pushes horizontally against the smaller box.

What is the acceleration of the two boxes?

physics - drwls, Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 8:58pm
a = F/(M1 + M2)

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