A firefighter of mass 31 kg slides down a vertical pole with an acceleration of 4 m/s 2. The acceleration of gravity is 10 m/s 2. What is the friction force that acts on him? answer in units of n.

In raising a 6200-n piano with a pulley system, the movers note that, for every 2.2 m of rope pulled down, the piano rises 0.12 m . ideally, find the force required to lift the piano.

Cathy is pedaling down a steep hill on her bicycle and wants to be able to coast up the next hill, which is 25 meters high, without pedaling. cathy and her bicycle have a mass of 75 kg. assuming her bicycle is 100% efficient, what would her speed have to be?

The magnitude of the poynting vector of a planar electromagnetic wave has an average value of 0.939 w/m^2 . the wave is incident upon a rectangular area, 1.5 m by 2.0 m, at right angles. how much total electromagnetic energy falls on the area during 1.0 minute?