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Homework Statement
A 14.0kg bucket is lowered vertically by a rope in which there is 163N of tension at a given instant. What is the acceleration of the bucket.
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I know how to solve this but I got it wrong because of the signs.
Since the bucket was being lowered I thought that downward was going to be positive, but the correct solution says that up is positive; WHY?