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Yes, I understand it now. Thank you very much!

How did you arrive at your solution?

Yes. I do believe that is what the problem in asking. I found the mass of the counterweight to be about 9kg. That's too small a weight to work, however. EDIT: I checked the answers and 51.91 kg is the correct answer. =)

Homework Statement In a stage production of Peter Pan, the 60 kg actress playing Peter has to fly in vertically, and to be in time with the music, she must be lowered, starting from rest, a distance of 3.2 m in 2.2 s. Backstage, a smooth surface sloped at 59º supports a counterweight of mass...