A cart (M = 0.400 kg) is placed on a frictionless horizontal surface and attached by a rope to a vertical hanging mass (m = 0.100 kg). The rope passes over a frictionless pulley. Using 9.80 m/s2 as the acceleration of gravity, what is the acceleration of the system according to Newton's second law? Answer Choices:  a) 9.80 m/s2 b) 0.980 m/s2    c) 3.92 m/s2 d) 1.96 m/s2

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A cart (M = 0.400 kg) is placed on a frictionless horizontal surface and attached by a rope to a vertical hanging mass (m = 0.100 kg). The rope passes over a frictionless pulley. Using 9.80 m/s2 as the acceleration of gravity, what is the acceleration of the system according to Newton's second law?

Answer Choices: 

a) 9.80 m/s2
b) 0.980 m/s2   
c) 3.92 m/s2
d) 1.96 m/s2
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