*Additional Problem (Chapter 6)

A man is sitting in a chair that dangles from a massless rope, which runs over a massless,
frictionless pulley and back down to the man's hand. The combined mass of man and chair is 70.0
kg. Assume the gravitational acceleration as 10 m/s 2.

a) Draw free-body diagrams and discuss the forces on each object, man
and chair.

b) With what force magnitude must the man pull on the rope if he is to
rise with a constant velocity?

Answer
a) The free diagrams for each object are

Figure 1 Diagram for the man(left) and for the chair(right)

, where m, M is the mass of the man and the chair, T is the force the man pulls the rope, and N is
the normal force on the man, respectively.

The equation of motions can be set as

- for man
N + T mg = 0
- for chair
T N Mg = 0

If we add those two equations, 2T (M + m)g = 0, which means

1
T = ( + ) = 350
2

Therefore, man should pull the rope with the force of 350 N.