2 cubes, mass 1 = 4.0 kg and mass 2 = 6.0 kg are held together with a piece of string and pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface , if they accelerate at 3.5 m/s2, find the tension in the string between the blocks.

2 cubes, mass 1 = 4.0 kg and mass 2 = 6.0 kg are held together with a piece of string and pulled along a horizontal frictionless surface , if they accelerate at 3.5 m/s2, find the tension in the string between the blocks.

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Problem 33P: Two blocks, each of mass m = 3.50 kg, are hung from the ceiling of an elevator as in Figure P4.33....

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