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Sarah and Kasim are now ready to tackle the following problem.

A constant horizontal force F

 of magnitude 0.3 N is applied to m₁. If m₁ = 1.0 kg and m₂ = 0.33 kg, find the magnitude of the acceleration of the system of two blocks

Answer 1

I am going to assume that the two blocks are in contact with each other. In this case the total mass is 1.33 kg.

Using Newton's second law, the acceleration a = F / m or 0.3 N / 1.33 kg = 0.23 m / s^2.