Question: A truck is pulling a car 00 a horizontal highway using a horizontal rope. The car is in neutral gear, so we can assume that

A truck is pulling a car 00 a horizontal highway using a horizontal rope. The car is in neutral gear, so we can assume that there is no appreciable friction between its tires and the highway. As the truck is accelerating to highway speeds, draw a free-body diagram of (a) the car and (b) the truck. (c) What force accelerates this system forward? Explain how this force originates.

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