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12 Nov 2021
Given information
We are given that:-
Mass of bucket and person,
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Acceleration is 0 when speed is constant,
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Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The free body diagram is shown below:
The window washer pulls down on the rope with her hands with a tension force , so the rope pulls up on her hands with a tension force .
The tension in the rope is also applied at the other end of the rope, where it attaches to the bucket. Thus there is another force pulling up on the bucket. The bucket–washer combination thus has a net force of upward.
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