What is the tension between the truck and trailer?

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What is the tension between the truck and trailer?

If a truck (mass=1750kg) is pulling a trailer (mass=250kg) and the combination is accelerating at 3 meters per second, what is the tension between the truck and trailer? (Rolling friction is assumed to be zero and the road is level.)

2007-02-20 03:55:53 · 1 answers · asked by GSU 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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3m/s * 250 kg = 750 N

The mass of the truck shouldn't matter since it is doing the pulling. So then F= ma and the mass of the trailer is 250 kg and the a is 3 m/s

2007-02-20 04:03:13 · answer #1 · answered by max_power_doesnt_need_luck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋