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yeah its friction rereading made me realize that friction does need to be considered which for a steel on steel collision u = 0.8 so the acceleration is 25cos(45) - .8*.76*9.8 thanks for the help :)

it sounds like you just need to use F/m = a which gives 25 / .76 = 32.89 = a this didn't work so I tried to get the x component of acceleration so I did 32.89cos(45) = 23.26 and this didn't work. what am I missing, the force is tension right so it should be 25N?