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A musician plays a string on a guitar that has a fundamental frequency of 330.0 Hz. The string is 62.0 cm long and has a mass of 0.276 g. (a) What is the tension in the string? ___ N (b) At what speed do the waves travel on the string? ___ m/s (c) While the guitar string is still being...

A mountain climber is rappelling down a vertical wall. The rope attaches to a buckle strapped to the climber's waist 15 cm to the right of his center of gravity and makes an angle of = 16° with the wall. The climber weighs 648 N. (a) Find the tension in the rope (b) Find the magnitude and...

A house painter stands 3 m above the ground on a 4.9 m long ladder that leans against the wall at a point 4.7 m above the ground. The painter weighs 603 N and the ladder weighs 178 N. Assuming no friction between the house and the upper end of the ladder, find the force of friction that the...