I just came back to studying physics after a month break, and I'm starting to get my feet wet again. I've come across a problem which I just cannot figure out. Two boxes are connected with a length of rope connecting the top of the bottom box to the bottom of the top box. There is also a rope coming out of the top of the top box. Each box is 10 kg, the mass of the strings is negligible. The boxes are accelerated upwards at 5 m/s^2. I need to find the tension in both strings.
Now, I know I should use F = ma (F = 10*5 = 50?), but I also need to incorporate g = 9.8 m/s^2... How do I do this problem? Again, I apologize for the triviality of the problem.
2007-07-17
14:17:19
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