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Two equal sized cubes, X and Y of masses m and 4m respectively, rest on a smooth horizontal plane with a face of one cube in contact with a face

of the other. They are accelerated by a force of magnitude F applied to cube X on the face opposite to that touching cube Y. What is the magnitude of the force exerted by block Y on block X during this acceleration as a fraction of F?

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