I think the amount of work in part a is just the integral of s(60-s) ds between 0 and 60.
AFFAR B.
asked 05/10/19Finding the work done
a heavy rope 60 ft long weighs 0.7 lb/ft and hangs over the building 130 ft high.
(a) How much work W is done in pulling the rope to the top of the building?
Show how to approximate the required work by a Riemann sum.
Express the work as an integral.
(b) How much work W is done in pulling half the rope to the top of the building?
I have part a mostly but I keep getting part b wrong. I know that it is the integral from 0 to 30.
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