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    Undergrad Solving a Complex Problem: Analysis and Comparison of Different Approaches

    Can anyone help me with this problem? I've uploaded the original problem and the way I solved it. The way they do it, as you can see, is a bit more involved. I did it a bit differently. I also came up with a bit of a different answer. I came up with 3200 N for T1 and for T2, I came up with...
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    High School Is the acceleration due to gravity positive or negative

    Here is something that may help you all discern between when to use a (-) or (+) sign in front of acceleration. Basically, I didn't quite get it 100% until I started using this. I use it as follows: Think of velocity as directional. Acceleration is NOT directional. So if you assign a (+) to...