Question

Two buckets of nails are hung one above the other and are pulled up to a roof by rope. Each bucket has a mass of 5 kg. The tension in the rope connecting the buckets is 60 N calculate the acceleration of the buckets

Answer 1

Answer on Question #62896-Physics-Field Theory

Two buckets of nails are hung one above the other and are pulled up to a roof by rope. Each bucket has a mass of 5 kg. The tension in the rope connecting the buckets is 60 N calculate the acceleration of the buckets.

Solution

Weight of bottom bucket is

$$W = m g = 5 \cdot 9.8 = 49 \, N$$

The net upward force on bottom bucket is

$$m a = T - W = 60 - 49 = 11 \, N.$$

The acceleration of the buckets is

$$a = \frac{11}{5} = 2.2 \, \frac{m}{s^2}.$$

Answer: $2.2 \, \frac{m}{s^2}$.

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