A firefighter, whose mass (including clothing and equipment) is m = 105kg, hears the alarm and slides down the pole with a constant downward acceleration of magnitude a = 3.92 meters per squared second. What would the expression for the magnitude of the force F, exerted on the firefighter by the pole be? Especially in terms of the variables from the problem statement as well as g for the acceleration due to gravity.

A firefighter, whose mass (including clothing and equipment) is m = 105kg, hears the alarm and slides down the pole with a constant downward acceleration of magnitude a = 3.92 meters per squared second. What would the expression for the magnitude of the force F, exerted on the firefighter by the pole be? Especially in terms of the variables from the problem statement as well as g for the acceleration due to gravity.

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

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Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

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Chapter7: Hamilton's Principle-lagrangian And Hamiltonian Dynamics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 7.12P

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