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80 railway wagons all of same mass 5×103 kg are pulled by an engine with a force of 4×105 N. The tension in the coupling between 30th and 31st wagon from the engine is
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Options:
  • A 25×104 N
     
  • B 40 ×104 N
  • C 20 ×104 N
  • D 32 ×104 N
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 25×104 N
 
Railway waygons to be pulled = 80 - 30 = 50

m=50×5×103 kg

a=F80 M=4×10580×5×103

F 30 = 50 × 5 × 10 3 × 4 × 10 5 80 × 5 × 10 3 =25×104 N

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