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Newton's First & Second Laws
6. Intro to Forces (Dynamics) / Newton's First & Second Laws / Problem 3

A 2.90 kg box rests on a horizontal, frictionless surface. A light string is attached to the box that runs through a massless and frictionless pulley to suspend a box of mass m with its other end. The boxes are released and the tension in the string is found to be 9.80 N. Draw one free-body diagram for each box.
Diagram showing a 2.90 kg box on a frictionless surface connected to a pulley with a hanging mass.

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