Question: Problem 1 (35 Marks) Part A. Three mates, James, John and Rebecca are spending some time in Bali for their holidays. Rebecca, decides to do

 Problem 1 (35 Marks) Part A. Three mates, James, John and
Rebecca are spending some time in Bali for their holidays. Rebecca, decides

Problem 1 (35 Marks) Part A. Three mates, James, John and Rebecca are spending some time in Bali for their holidays. Rebecca, decides to do some parasailing and the boys head to the Smashdown Tower at Waterbom, for a thrilling downhill race. Rebecca (60.0 kg) is tethered to a boat moving at a constant speed of 25.0 ms1 Westward, by two cords A and B as shown in the diagram. |. Why does the parasail rise in the rst place? (3 marks) ll. Draw a force diagram of the forces acting on Rebecca while she is in mid-air and what is the velocity of Rebecca? (3 marks) Ill. Suddenly, Rebecca drops her iphone in mid-ight. Would the iphone land at X, Y, or Z (please mention any reasoning behind your answer? (3 marks) lV. Cord B is at 300 to the horizontal and Cord A is at an angle of 200 to the vertical, what is the tension in cord B if the tension in cord A is 800 N? What are the assumptions that needs to be made in solving this problem? (6 marks)

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