a 100 kg car pullin a 500 kg trailer accelerates at a rate of 2 m/s. if the frictional force on the trailer is 1000N, with what force does the car pull the trailer? with what force does the trailer pull the car?
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Expert's answer
2011-12-08T09:17:58-0500
Let's make following denotations: m = 100 kg M = 500 kg a = 2 m/s^2 Fr = 1000N
Accordingly to the trird Newton's law, the trailer pull the car with the same force as the car pull the trailer. Now let's use the second Newton's law:
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