Homework Help: Physics URGENT!!!

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 2:53pm.

Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface are connected by a light string as in the figures below, where m1 = 15 kg and m2 = 17 kg. A force of 58 N is applied to the 17 kg box. The acceleration of the boxes is 1.8.
Find the tension in the string.

Physics URGENT!!! - Anonymous, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 6:57pm
you take the mass of the object that the force is acted upon, in your case, 15kg and multiply that by you acceleration

so:

T = (15)kg x 1.8 m/s^2 = 27N
Physics URGENT!!! - Anonymous, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 6:57pm
you take the mass of the object that the force is acted upon, in your case, 15kg and multiply that by you acceleration

so:

T = (15)kg x 1.8 m/s^2 = 27N

Answer this Question

Related Questions

Physics URGENT!!! - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface are ...
Physics - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface are connected ...
physics - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface are connected ...
Physics- PLEASE HELP - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface ...
Physics- PLEASE HELP - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface ...
Physics- Elena please help! - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal ...
physics - Two boxes of fruit on a frictionless horizontal surface are connected ...
physics - Two blocks connected by a string are on a horizontal frictionless ...
physics help - Two 12.0 kg boxes are connected by a massless string that passes ...
Physics - TWo blocks of massses 20 kg and 8 kg are connected together by a light...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: