College Physics (10th Edition)
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| BIO A broken thigh bone. When the thigh is fractured, the patient's leg must be kept under traction. One method of doing so is a variation on the Russell traction apparatus. (See Figure 5.43.) If the physical therapist specifies that the traction force directed along the leg must be 25 N, what must W be?
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Problem 9.
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