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Grade 11Mechanics

A 120kg mail hangs by a vertical rope 3.5m long. A portal worker then displaces the bag to a position 2m side ways from its original positions, always keeping the rope taut. (a) What horizontal force is needed to hold the bag in the new position. How much work is done by (1) by the rope (2) by the worker?

Profile image of Maimun Shaik
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Arun Kumar
12 Years ago
mg tan (theta)
draw the vertical body diagram to understand
if the process of moving the ball is just by constant velocity then only work done by worker is to increase its potential energy
rope is not doing any work