A block of mass six (6) kilogram resting on a horizontal surface is connected by a cord passing over a light, frictionless pulley to a hanging block of mass four (4) kilogram. The co efficient of kinetic friction between the block and the horizontal surface is 0.5. After the blocks are released find: (a) the acceleration of each block (b) The tension on the cord

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A block of mass six (6) kilogram resting on a horizontal surface is connected by a cord
passing over a light, frictionless pulley to a hanging block of mass four (4) kilogram. The
co efficient of kinetic friction between the block and the horizontal surface is
0.5. After the blocks are released find: (a) the acceleration of each block (b)
The tension on the cord

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