A team of eight dogs pulls a sled with waxed wood runners on wet snow (mush!). The dogs have average masses of 19.0 kg, and the loaded sled with its rider has a mass of 210 kg.

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the dogs starting from rest if each dog exerts an average force of 185 N backward on the snow.

(b) Calculate the force in the coupling between the dogs and the sled.

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a Total mass of the system is Total mass 8m avg m s Total mass 8190 kg 210 kg 362 kg The n... View the full answer