Hey, I need help with 2 problems. The teacher does not teach very well and basically I am trying to learn off the book which is very hard to comprehend. Thanks for your help.
1. An object is hung from a spring balance attached to the ceiling of an elevator. The balance reads F1 = 12N when the elevator is accelerating upward, and reads F2 = 8N when it is accelerating downward with acceleration of the same magnitude a. Find the mass of this object and magnitude of acceleration a. We assume that gravitational acceleration g i known.
2. Darlene the daring, a famous western stuntwoman, is being dragged along the ground by a rope tied to a horse. If her coefficient of kinetic friction with the ground is 1.3 and her mass is 60kg, how much force must the horse pull with to keep her at a constant speed?
2007-12-13
07:44:25
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