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A tow truck of mass M is using a cable to pull a shipping container of mass m across a hor...

A tow truck of mass M is using a cable to pull a shipping container of mass m across a horizontal surface as shown in the figure. The cable is attached to the container at the front bottom corner and makes an angle θ with the vertical as shown. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the surface and the crate is μ.

a) Draw a free-body diagram for the container.

b) Assuming that the truck pulls the container at a constant speed, write an equation for the magnitude T of the string tension in the cable.

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