Question: 2 9 . ( cdot ) CONTEXT - RICH On a camping trip, you moor your boat at the end of a

29.\(\cdot \) CONTEXT-RICH On a camping trip, you moor your boat at the end of a dock in a river that is rapidly flowing to the right. The boat is anchored to the dock by a chain 5.0 m long, as shown in Figure 12-40. A 100-N weight is suspended from the center in the chain. This will allow the tension in the chain to change as the force of the current which pulls the boat away from the dock and to the right varies. The drag force by the water on the boat depends on the speed of the water. You decide to apply the principles of statics you learned in physics class. (Ignore the weight of the chain.) The drag force on the boat is 50 N .(a) What is the tension in the chain? (b) How far is the boat from the dock? (c) The maximum tension the chain can sustain is 500 N . What is the minimum drag force on the boat that would snap the chain? (PLEASE EXPLAIN IN GREAT DETAIL)
2 9 . \ ( \ cdot \ ) CONTEXT - RICH On a camping

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