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Physics: Post your doubts here!

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please can you tell why should divide the height by 2 for the 10th question in paper 1 may june 2012 variant 13 regarding the man and the barrel? thanks
the only time the man head will level with the bottom of the barrel will be in the middle if the man goes 10 meters up the barrel will not level it be below his head
i hope you get the point here
 
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we'll take this problem in terms of the forces acting on the barrel and the man
for the barrel: the force due to the barrel - the tension in the rope(T) = ma (because the barrel move's down, the force due to the barrel is greater than the tension)
(120*10) - T = 120a (we dont know the acceleration of the man and the barrel)
for the man: the tension (T) - the force due to the man = ma
T - (80*a) = 80a
find the value of a using simultaneous equations, which is 2 ms^-2
using v^2=u^2 + 2as
find the final velocity of the man at 9 m, taking u as 0 ms^-1

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