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# Problem: A gymnast of mass 69.0 kg hangs from a vertical rope attached to the ceiling. You can ignore the weight of the rope and assume that the rope does not stretch. Use the value 9.81 m/s2 for the acceleration of gravity.Calculate the tension T in the rope (in newtons) if the gymnast slides down the rope with a downward acceleration of magnitude 0.700 m/s2.

###### FREE Expert Solution

Newtons's second law:

$\overline{){\mathbf{\Sigma }}{\mathbf{F}}{\mathbf{=}}{\mathbf{m}}{\mathbf{a}}}$

Take up to be positive.

Downward acceleration is negative.

mg acts downward on the gymnast.

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###### Problem Details
A gymnast of mass 69.0 kg hangs from a vertical rope attached to the ceiling. You can ignore the weight of the rope and assume that the rope does not stretch. Use the value 9.81 m/s2 for the acceleration of gravity.

Calculate the tension T in the rope (in newtons) if the gymnast slides down the rope with a downward acceleration of magnitude 0.700 m/s2.