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Burl and Paul paint signs together on a scaffold. Compared to their weights plus the weight of the scaffold, the sum of tensions in the supporting ropes is?

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User Jolati
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Answer:

equal

Explanation:

If the scaffold is not accelerating either upward or downward, the sum of upward support forces is the same as the sum of downward weights being supported.

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