Question

a horizontal force of 500 Newton full the two masses 10kg and 20 kg lying on a frictionless table what is the tension in the string does answer depend on which mass input is applied

Answer 1

There are 2 blocks pulled by a force hence connected by a string hence the blocks will move in the direction of the applied force with an acceleration

F=ma

500=(10+20)a

a=500/30

The tension on the string due to the 20kg block will be given by F-T=ma

500-T=20×50/3

T=500-1000/3

T=166.67N