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Chapter 7, Problem 13P
(a)
To determine
To Find:The sag in the tightrope when the acrobat of mass 50 kg, stands in the exact center of the rope stretched across two supports 10 m apart.
(b)
To determine
The change in the gravitational potential energy of the acrobat from when steps on the rope to when she stands at the center of the rope.
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