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Charlie is playing with his daughter Torrey in the snow. She sits on a sled and asks him to slide her across a flat, horizontal field. Charlie has a choice of (a) pushing her from behind by applying a force downward on her shoulders at 30° below the horizontal (5.18a) or (b) attaching a rope to the front of the sled and pulling with a force at 30° above the horizontal (5.18b). Which would be easier for him and why?

30°
a
30°
b
Figure 5.18 (Quick Quiz 5.7) A
father slides his daughter on a sled
either by (a) pushing down on her
shoulders or (b) pulling up on a
горе.

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