56. Part a of the drawing shows a bucket of water suspended from the pulley of a well; the tension in the rope is 92.0 N. Part b shows the same bucket of water being pulled up from the well at a constant velocity. What is the tension in the rope in part b?

Free body diagrams are

 

(a) Sum forces in vertical

 

 

 

(b) Sum forces in vertical

 

 

 

 

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