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    Oct 6, 2011, 06:15 PM
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    Two ropes are attached to a 40-kg object. The first rope applies a force of 25 N and the second, 40 N. If the two ropes are perpendicular to each other, what is the resultant acceleration of the object?
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    Oct 7, 2011, 04:57 AM
    First get the resultant force acting on the object. To get that, the best way is to get a drawing and use the Pythagoras' Theorem from there.

    Second, use F = ma on the object to get the acceleration.

    Post what you get! :)
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