Solved: A 12.0-kg bucket is lowered vertically by a rope

Chapter 19, Problem 12P

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A 12.0-kg bucket is lowered vertically by a rope in which there is 163 N of tension at a given instant. What is the acceleration of the bucket? Is it up or down?

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QUESTION:

A 12.0-kg bucket is lowered vertically by a rope in which there is 163 N of tension at a given instant. What is the acceleration of the bucket? Is it up or down?

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It is given that:

The mass of the bucket is, m = 12.0 kg.

The tension acted upward in the rope is, T = 163 N.

The value of the acceleration due to gravity is, \(g=9.8\ \text{m/}{{\text{s}}^{\text{2}}}\) .

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