Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 5 - Newton's Laws of Motion - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 146: 75

Answer

$74Kg$

Work Step by Step

We know that $F_b=m_1g$ $\implies F_b=(1220Kg)(9.8m/s^2)=11956N$ and $m_2=\frac{F_b}{g-a}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $m_2=\frac{11956N}{9.8m/s^2-0.56m/s^2}$ $m_2=1293.93Kg$ Now $m=m_2-m_1$ $\implies m=1293.93Kg-1220Kg=74Kg$
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