27. Cassie is sitting on a frictionless playground slide that makes an angle 0 with the horizontal. Maddy, who is on the top of the slide, is holding Cassie's belt parallel to the slide. If Cassie weighs 55.0 kg and feels a normal force of 403 N, what should the tension be to prevent Cassie from sliding? Set the direction down the slide as the positive direction. A. 346 N B. 359 N C. 339 N D.326 N

27. Cassie is sitting on a frictionless playground slide that makes an angle 0 with the horizontal. Maddy, who is on the top of the slide, is holding Cassie's belt parallel to the slide. If Cassie weighs 55.0 kg and feels a normal force of 403 N, what should the tension be to prevent Cassie from sliding? Set the direction down the slide as the positive direction. A. 346 N B. 359 N C. 339 N D.326 N

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Chapter4: Dynamics: Force And Newton's Laws Of Motion

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