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Given information

We are given that:-

Mass of block    

Mass of block  

Mass of block  

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

In the free-body diagrams below,

= force on block  exerted by block , = force on block exerted by block , = force on block exerted by block , and = force on block exerted by block . The magnitudes of and are equal, and the magnitudes of and are equal,

By Newton’s third law:-

 

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