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4.5 Exercise 10

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Two teams of nine members each engage in a tug of war. Each of the first team’s members has an average mass of 68 kg and exerts an average force of 1350 N horizontally. Each of the second team’s members has an average mass of 73 kg and exerts an average force of 1365 N horizontally. (a) What is magnitude of the acceleration of the two teams? (b) What is the tension in the section of rope between the teams?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 4.5 Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces, exercise 10

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