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Homework Statement
A large box containing your new computer sits on the bed of your pickup truck. You are stopped at a red light. The light turns green and you stomp on the gas and the truck accelerates. To your horror, the box starts to slide toward the back of the truck. (Assume that...
w=mg acting on the instrument downwards. tension acting upwards. with a downward accelerating force.
my attempted ans for qn 2 is mg - T = 2.5 * 8. gives the wrong tension result...
can enlight me on where the mistake lies?
Suppose the rocket is coming in for a vertical landing at the surface of the earth. The captain adjusts the engine thrust so that rocket slows down at the rate of 2.50m/s^2 . A 8.00-kg instrument is hanging by a vertical wire inside a space ship.
1]Draw a free-body diagram for the instrument...