Answer
17kg of total mass is being accelerated by force F.
Work Step by Step
The force is pushing all the blocks together, so the mass of all the blocks combined is the total mass that is being accelerated.
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 5 - Force and Motion-I - Questions - Page 116: 10a
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