A 1100-kg car pulls a boat on a trailer. (a) What total force resists the motion of

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A 1100-kg car pulls a boat on a trailer.

(a) What total force resists the motion of the car, boat, and trailer, if the car exerts a 1900-N force on the road and produces an acceleration of 0.550 m/s2? The mass of the boat plus trailer is 700 kg.

(b) What is the force in the hitch between the car and the trailer if 80% of the resisting forces are experienced by the boat and trailer?

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