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Grade 12Mechanics

A person of 50kg stands on 25kg platform. he pulls on the rope which is attached to the platform via the frictionless pulleys.the platforms move upward at the steady rate if the force with which the person pulls the rope is

a) 500N

b) 250N

c) 25N

d) none of these

ans = (b)

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Profile image of neeraj pawar
16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Pratham  Ashish
16 Years ago

hi , fbd  of  plateform

if plateform moves pward with steady state ,

 3F =( 50 + 25 ) g

take g = 10 m/ sec^2

 F = 250 N

Profile image of Gurjit kaur
8 Years ago
Here tension is T and 2T+T=750 and T=750/3 =250 Newton in this question tension =force so F=250N and force with which the person pulls the rope is tension