Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless horizontal

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Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless horizontal surface. The blocks are accelerated by a single horizontal force applied to one of them (Figure 4-52). Find the acceleration and the contact force of block 1 on block 2 (a) in terms of F, and and (b) for the specific values and

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QUESTION:

Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless horizontal surface. The blocks are accelerated by a single horizontal force applied to one of them (Figure 4-52). Find the acceleration and the contact force of block 1 on block 2 (a) in terms of F, and and (b) for the specific values and

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(a) We need to find the formula of acceleration  and . By choosing the motion of the blocks in the -direction under the same acceleration , so the free-body diagram of this problem can be as below

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