Falling Bucket

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Falling Bucket#

A bucket of mass $m_{b}$ = 16.5 $k g$ is knocked off the side of a well. The bucket falls 53.2 $m$ to the bottom of the well. Attached to the bucket is a light rope that wraps around a cylinder of radius $r =$ 70.0 $c m$ and mass $m_{c}$ = 2.49 $k g$ .

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Question Text#

How fast is the bucket falling just before it hits the ground?

Answer Section#

Please enter in a numeric value in m/s.

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