Question

It is past midnight and Sue is sliding down a rope from her third floor pts window to meet her boyfriend. As she slides down the rope faster and faster she becomes alarmed and gradually tightens her grip on the rope. Thus the tension in the rope gradually increases. When the tension becomes equal to Sue's weight (ignore the mass of the rope) A. (a) Sue will stop. B. (b) Sue will slow down. C. (c) Sue will continue downward at constant speed D. (d) the rope will break

Answer 1

(c) Sue will continue downward at constant speed

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Newton's 1st law, objects that have no force done on it, or 0 net force would be at rest or maintain a constant velocity. In our case when Sue tighten her grip to make the tension equals to her weight, then the net force acting on her would by 0. Therefore, she will continue downward at constant speed.