Thursday,+Nov+3

You are raising a bucket up from a well at a constant velocity of 2.0 m/s. The bucket has a mass of 8.0 kg. Construct a force diagram for the bucket.

What force does the rope exert on the bucket?

You begin to accelerate the bucket upward at 1.50 m/sec 2. Cosntruct a force diagram for the bucket.

What force is the rope now exerting on the bucket?

When the bucket reaches the top it begins to slip out of your hands and accelerates downward at 4.0 m/s 2. Construct a force diagram for the bucket.

What force does the rope now exert on the bucket?

While the bucket is descending the rope slips out of your hand. What force does the rope now exert on the bucket? How do you know? Describe in terms of the motion of the bucket.