Suppose a 69-kg boy and a 42-kg girl use a massless rope in a tug-of-war on an icy, resistance-free surface. If the acceleration of the girl toward the boy is 3.0 m/s2, find the magnitude of the acceleration of the boy toward the girl.

Answer 1

the forces are the same, opposite direction.

42*3=69*ab
solve for the acceleration ab .