A man pulls himself, and the cradle he is sitting in, by pulling down on the rope which is tied to the cradle and would over a fixed pulley. If the man weights 60 kg and the cradle weighs 25 kg then how much force must the man exert on the rope to pull himself up at an acceleration of l m/s2.
Hrishant Goswami , 11 Years ago
Grade 10
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Sid
Last Activity: 11 Years ago
the man will only go up when Tension in string overcomes the combined mass of cradle and man.
So,T-mg=ma
where T is tension in string
mg is combined weight of man and cradle
ma is net force
m=60+25=85kg, a=1m/s^2, g=10m/s^2 approx
So T=m(a+g)
find T
and so force exerted by man would be equal to T
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