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Solve the equations

Now we have a third equation so can go ahead and solve for the acceleration. Subtracting 1.23 from 1.21 we can eliminate the tension giving

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Now remembering that tex2html_wrap_inline801 and tex2html_wrap_inline803 , we can solve for the acceleration

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Joshua Deutsch
Wed Jan 7 17:12:17 PST 1998