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Homework Statement
A mass m is suspended by a light string from the ceiling of a moving car of mass M which is accelerating in the horizontal direction. The string makes an angle θ with the vertical as shown below. The acceleration of the car is:
(A) mg/M
(B) gsinø
(C) g/tanø
(D) mg/(m+M)
(E) gtanø
Homework Equations
F=ma
The Attempt at a Solution
I have a free body diagram with g pointing downward along the dotted line and F pointing backwards connecting m and the head of g. I just don't know where to go from here.