What is the linear acceleration of the bucket?

[tiny-tim]

Um I did, and I put what I found, both in my book and online.

Um so did I …

and it's "Definition of torque is position "cross" force ("moment of force": r x F)."

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque" and the PF Library.

 

[Dark Visitor]

Well, obviously I was wrong. No need to rub it in...

Anyways, I am still confused. I don't see what torque has to do with tension. Plus, we don't even have tension. It seems like we still have too many unknowns.