document.write( "Question 1188458: Grade 11 physics- A boy 42 kg is pulling a sled (m = 11 kg) across the flat ground. The snow makes the friction between the sled and the ground small enough that it is ignorable. The boy and sled are accelerating at 1.5 m/s2. Determine the force in the rope between the boy and the sled. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The pulling force (same as the tension of the rope) is the force, which\r\n" );
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document.write( "provides acceleration of the sled at 1.5 m/s^2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "According to the Newton's second law, the value of this force (its magnitude) is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    F = ma = 11 * 1.5 = 16.5 newtons.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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