How Does Newton's Second Law Apply to Tug of War on Ice?

[Shaley]

pete and john play a game of tug f war on a frictionless icy curface. pete weighs 539 N and john weights 392 N. during the course of the game, john accelerates toward pete at a rate of 3 m/s^2

a)what's the magnitude of the force that peter exerts on john?
b)what's the magnitude of pete's acceleration toward john?

I am not sure what formula to use, pleaase help!

 

[tiny-tim]

Hi Shaley!

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For a), what formulas do you know relating acceleration and force?

 

[kuruman]

Use Newton's Second Law.