Question: A 5150 kg train engine is pulling two cars. The car closest to the engine has a mass of 6300 kg and the car at

 A 5150 kg train engine is pulling two cars. The car

A 5150 kg train engine is pulling two cars. The car closest to the engine has a mass of 6300 kg and the car at the back has a mass of 3790 kg. The train is accelerating at 4 m/s2. What is tension in the coupling between the two cars? What is tension in the coupling between the first car and the engine? your answer to three decimal places!)

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