A truck is moving with constant acceleration a up a hill that makes an angle ϕ with the horizontal as in Figure P6.51. A small sphere of mass m is suspended from the ceiling of the truck by a light cord. If the pendulum makes a constant angle theta with the perpendicular to the ceiling, what is a?

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A truck is moving with constant acceleration a up a hill that makes an angle ϕ with the horizontal as in Figure P6.51. A small sphere of mass m is suspended from the ceiling of the truck by a light cord. If the pendulum makes a constant angle theta with the perpendicular to the ceiling, what is a? 

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