(Solved): An illustration showing a tug boat pulling two barges. The barge directly attached to the tug boat ...

An illustration showing a tug boat pulling two barges. The barge directly attached to the tug boat has mass $$2.00?10^3$$ kilograms. The barge at the end, behind the first barge, has mass $$3.00?10^3$$ kilograms. The two barges shown here are coupled by a cable of negligible mass. The mass of the front barge is $$2.00\times 10^3\mathrm{kg}$$ and the mass of the rear barge is $$3.00\times 10^3\mathrm{kg}.\mathrm{A}$$ tugboat pulls the front barge with a horizontal force of magnitude $$20\times 10^3\mathrm{N}$$ and the frictional forces of the water on the front and rear barges are $$5\times 10^3\mathrm{N}$$ and $$10.0\times 10^3\mathrm{N}$$ respectively. Find the horizontal acceleration of the barges and the tension in the connecting cable. Express the tension in $$\mathrm{kN}$$, i.e, $$10^3\mathrm{N}$$. - $$a=$$ $$\begin{array}{l}\mathrm{m}/{\mathrm{s}}^2\\ \times 10^3\mathrm{N}\end{array}$$ $$\text{ - }T=\overline{}\times 10^3\mathrm{N}$$ Question Help: $$?$$ Message instructor