A locomotive is pulling 9 freight cars, each of which is loaded with the same weight. The mass of each loaded car is 37000kg and we can neglect friction on these 9 cars. If the train is accelerating forward at 0

81m/s2 on a level track, what is the tension in the coupling between the second and third cars? (The car nearest the locomotive is counted as the first car.)


210,000 N

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At first, the Sun's present-day rotation seems to contradict the prediction of the nebular theory because

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The de Broglie wavelength of which of the following objects would be smallest if the objects all had the same momentum?

a. Electron. b. Proton. c. Tennis ball. d. Bowling ball. e. All the same wavelength.

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A water rocket, launched from the ground, rises vertically with acceleration of 20 m/s2 for 1.0 s when it runs out of "fuel.". Disregarding air resistance, how high will the rocket rise?

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