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I am and idot, thanks for the gravity tip also ther is a diagram I did not provide taht is very important, just out of curiosity do you put pictures on here using HTML type. Calculation is -980 + 3t=100kg*.2 3t=-20+980 t=320 N The reason it is 3t is because the diagram shows the rope...

Homework Statement An 80 KG man is standing on the platform of mass 20 KG is lowering him self down using a massless cable passing over two pullies. If his downward acceleration is .2 M/S^2, find force exerted by the man on the cable. Homework Equations I thought it was a simple F=M*A...