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Homework Statement
A car acclerates down a hill, going from rest to 22.0m/s in 9.00s. During the acceleration, an object (m=.400kg) hangs by a string from the car's ceiling. The acceleration is such that the string remains perpendicular to the ceiling
Find the angle and the tension in the string
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Could I use these equations?
a=m2gsinθ-m1g/m1+m2
T=m1m2(sinθ+1)/m1+m2
Thank you very much