Train Acceleration Calculation: Spider on a Web Scenario

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In summary, the conversation discusses finding the acceleration of a train given a scenario involving a spider hanging from a thread on the train. The suggested solution is to draw a free body diagram of the spider and apply Newton's laws, as the spider is acting like a pendulum. The question can be further clarified if needed.
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Homework Statement



if given a scenario for example, a spider is hanging down from a thread of spider web on a train, and when the train moves the spider moved 10 dregees
how to find the acceleration for the train? pretend X is the weight of the spider

if you don't understand the question msg back and i can explain better, i just need a general idea of how to do it

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Draw a free body diagram of the spider and note all forces acting on the spider (its weight is one of them, what's the other(s))? Then apply Newton's laws.
 
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The spider is acting like a pendulum ;)
 

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