A 350-G Air Track Cart on a Horizontal Air Track

question 9

Short Answer

A 350-g air track cart on a horizontal air track is attached to a string that goes over a frictionless pulley with a moment of inertia of 6.00 × 10^-6 kg ∙ m² and a radius of 1.35 cm. If the string is pulled vertically downward by a force of 2.50 N, (a) what is the magnitude of the acceleration of the cart, and (b) what is the tension in the horizontal string between the pulley and the cart?

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