You are working in a warehouse monitoring the movement of packages when suddenly you spot one going down a closed ramp with a trailing rope. You decide to jump on the ramp, grab the rope, and bring the 5-kg package to rest before it falls off and gets damaged. Consider the scenario where you grab the rope when the package is 3 -meters from the end of the ramp and has a speed of 2.5 m/s. Let the coefficients of static and kinetic friction be 0.5 and 0.2, respectively, between the package and the ramp. What tension will you need to apply to bring the package to rest when it reaches the bottom of the ramp?

You are working in a warehouse monitoring the movement of packages when suddenly you spot one going down a closed ramp with a trailing rope. You decide to jump on the ramp, grab the rope, and bring the 5-kg package to rest before it falls off and gets damaged. Consider the scenario where you grab the rope when the package is 3 -meters from the end of the ramp and has a speed of 2.5 m/s. Let the coefficients of static and kinetic friction be 0.5 and 0.2, respectively, between the package and the ramp. What tension will you need to apply to bring the package to rest when it reaches the bottom of the ramp?

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  1. (10 points) You are working in a warehouse monitoring the movement of packages when suddenly you spot one going down a closed ramp with a trailing rope. You decide to jump on the ramp, grab the rope, and bring the 5 -kg package to rest before it falls off and gets damaged. Consider the scenario where you grab the rope when the package is 3 -meters from the end of the ramp and has a speed of 2.5 m / s . Let the coefficients of static and kinetic friction be 0.5 and 0.2 , respectively, between the package and the ramp. What tension will you need to apply to bring the package to rest when it reaches the bottom of the ramp?

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