Question: To protect his food from hungry bears, a boy scout raises his food pack with a rope that is thrown over a tree limb at
(a) Show that the speed v of the food pack is given by x(x 2 + h)-1/2 vboy where x is the distance he has walked away from the vertical rope.
(b) Show that the acceleration a of the food pack is h2(x 2 + h2)-3/2 v 2 boy .
(c) What values do the acceleration a and velocity v have shortly after he leaves the point under the pack (x = 0)?
(d) What values do the pack’s velocity and acceleration approach as the distance x continues to increase?
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