Question: [ T 1 ] [ Easy , Team, Worksheet ] A Runaway Sled You and your team are on the top of an icy slope

[T1][Easy, Team, Worksheet] A Runaway Sled You and your team are on the top of an icy
slope that has a steep grade (i.e., angle of ascent) of 24.0o
, and need to pull up a heavy sled
loaded with supplies. You fasten a pulley into the ice at the top of the slope through which you
thread a 150.0-ft rope (which is just long enough to reach the sled) and tie it to the sled. The rope
has a strict tension rating of 450.0 lbs, and a warning sticker on one end claims that it will break
if this limit is exceeded by just 10.0 lbs. Lined up like a tug-o-war team, you and six others in
your group steadily pull on the rope with a nearly constant force, resulting in a constant rate of
ascent. However, after exactly 45.0 s of pulling, the rope suddenly snaps, and the sled and its
crucial supplies plummet down the hill and disappear into a snow bank. You measure the length
of rope pulled through the pulley before it failed to be 85.0 ft.(a) Neglecting friction, how fast
was the sled going when it reached the bottom of the slope? (b) For the next attempt to pull the
sled up the slope, you get a stronger rope and want to use a motor-driven winch (it was tiring
work by hand). What should be the minimum power rating of the motor (in horsepower) in order
that the winch pulls the sled at the same rate as your team had been pulling it by hand? (Note: 1
horsepower =745.7 watts).

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