I have to hand in a take-home physics test on monday and I really have no clue on this one! Thanks!
Two blocks are connected by a string over a frictionless, massless pulley such that one is resting on an inclined plane and the other is hanging over the top edge of a plane. The hanging block has a mass of 16.0 kg, and the one on the plane has a mass of 8.0 kg. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the inclined plane is 0.23. The blocks are released from rest.
a. What is the acceleration of the block?
b. What is the tension in the string connecting the blocks?
Two blocks are connected by a string over a frictionless, massless pulley such that one is resting on an inclined plane and the other is hanging over the top edge of a plane. The hanging block has a mass of 16.0 kg, and the one on the plane has a mass of 8.0 kg. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the inclined plane is 0.23. The blocks are released from rest.
a. What is the acceleration of the block?
b. What is the tension in the string connecting the blocks?