A rope of negligible mass hangs vertically on each side of a pulley. The pulley, which...

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A rope of negligible mass hangs vertically on each side of apulley. The pulley, which has mass 1.00 kg and radius 20 cm, can bemodeled as a thin uniform cylinder. One end of the rope is tied toa box of mass 10.00 kg; this box is resting on the ground. Theother end of the rope dangles freely. Then a 15.00 kg monkey, whois initially standing on a ledge 2.00 m above the floor, grabs thefreely hanging rope and (starting from rest) accelerates down tothe ground. As the monkey descends, the box rises. What is themonkey's speed when it reaches the floor?

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