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A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope (Fig. 5.20) which can stand a maximum tension of 600 N. In which of the following cases will the rope break: the monkey(a) climbs up with an acceleration of 6 m s–2(b) climbs down with an acceleration of 4 m s–2(c) climbs up with a uniform speed of 5 m s–1(d) falls down the rope nearly freely under gravity?(Ignore the mass of the rope).Fig. 5.20

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A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope (Fig. 5.20) which can stand a maximum tension of 600 N. In which of the following cases will the rope break: the monkey


(a) climbs up with an acceleration of 6 m s–2


(b) climbs down with an acceleration of 4 m s–2


(c) climbs up with a uniform speed of 5 m s–1


(d) falls down the rope nearly freely under gravity?


(Ignore the mass of the rope).



Fig. 5.20



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