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Inter City Express locomotvie pulls fourteen cars: Calculate tension between third and fourth cars

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An Inter City Express locomotvie pulls fourteen cars, each with a mass of 53,000 kg. What is the tension in the coupling between the third and fourth cars when the acceleration of the train is 0.26 m/s^2?

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