Physics: Principles with Applications
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Chapter 4, Problem 24P
A window washer pulls herself upward using the bucket-pulley apparatus shown in Fig.4-48. (a) How hard must she pull downward to raise herself slowly at constant speed? (b) if she increases this force by 15%, what will her acceleration be? The mass of the person plus the bucker is 72 kg.
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