A train locomotive is pulling two cars of the same

Chapter 4, Problem 4.36

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A train locomotive is pulling two cars of the same massbehind it, Fig. 4-39. Determine the ratio of the tension inthe coupling (think of it as a cord) between the locomotiveand the first car (Fxl), to that between the first car and thesecond car (FT2), for any nonzero acceleration of the train.FIGURE 4-39 36.

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