
Physics: Principles with Applications
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
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Chapter 4, Problem 27P
A train locomotive is pulling two cars of the same mass behind it, Fig. 4-51. Determine the ratio of the tension in the coupling (think of it as a cord) between the locomotive and the first car (FT1), to that between the first car and the second car (FT2), for any nonzero acceleration of the train.
Figure 4-51 Problem 27.
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