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You pull horizontally on block B in Fig. F4.26, causing both blocks to move together as a unit. For this moving system, make a carefully labeled free-body diagram of block A if (a) the table is friction less and (b) there is friction between block B and the table and the pull is equal in magnitude to the friction force on block B due to the table.
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