An overnight rainstorm has caused a major roadblock. Three massive rocks of mass

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An overnight rainstorm has caused a major roadblock. Three massive rocks of mass m1 = 542 kg, m2 = 746 kg and m3 = 366 kg have blocked a busy road. The rocks are side by side blocking the road and lined up from left to right in order as m1, m2 and m3. The city calls a local contractor to use a bulldozer to clear the road. The bulldozer applies a constant force to m1 to slide the rocks off the road. Assuming the road is a flat frictionless surface and the rocks are all in contact, what force, FA, must be applied to m1 to slowly accelerate the group of rocks from the road at 0.400 m/s2?

Explanation / Answer

as the road is friction less

F=(m1+m2+m3)*a , the acceleration is common a sthey are in contact.

=>F=(542+746+366)*.4=661.6 N

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