How do I solve this problem Hint: 1. Draw the forces -rear car: weight downwards, normal force upwards, tension right, drag leftmiddle car: weight downwards, normal force upwards, tension right and left, drag leftlocomotive: weight downwards, normal force upwards, tension left, drag left, thrust/applied right2. The system is moving with a constant speed, so the forces are balanced!3. Start by just looking at the rear car. The tension to the right must balance the drag. This will also be equal to the tension on the middle car. 4. Next, just look at the middle car. The tension to the right must balance the drag and tension to the left. This will also be equal to the tension on the locomotive. 5. Now, just look at the locomotive. The thrust/applied force must balance the drag plus the tension.

How do I solve this problem Hint 1 Draw the forces rear car weight downwards normal force upwards tension right drag leftmiddle car weight downwards normal forc class=

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The free body diagram of locomotive can be shown as,

Therefore, according to free body diagram, four types of forces are acting on locomotive.

The free body diagram of middle car can be shown as,

Therefore, there are two forces acting on the middle car.

The free body diagram of the last car is shown as,

Therefore, there are three number of forces acting on the last car.

According to free body diagram of locomotive, the tension in cable 2 is equal to net force acting on locomotive. Therefore, the tension in cable 2 is 1000 N.

According to free body diagram of middle car, the tension in cable 1 is equal to tension in cable 2 therefore, the tension in cable 1 is also 1000 N.

The net force generated by locomotive can be given as,

[tex]F=F_{drag}-F_{middle\text{ car}}-F_{\text{rear car}}[/tex]

Substitute the known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} F=1000\text{ N-200 N-200 N} \\ =600\text{ N} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus, the net force generated by locomotive is 600 N.

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