You work for a moving company and are given the job of pulling two large boxes of

Question:

You work for a moving company and are given the job of pulling two large boxes of mass m₁= 120 kg and m₂= 290 kg using ropes as shown in Figure P3.63. You pull very hard, and the boxes are accelerating with a - 0.22 m/s². What is the tension in each rope? Assume there is no friction between the boxes and the floor.

Figure P3.63