A firefighter with a weight of 7 N slides down a vertical pole with an acceleration of 3.00 m/s, directed downward. What are the magnitudes and directions of the vertical forces (a) on the firefighter due to the pole and (b) on the pole due to the firefighter?

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A firefighter with a weight of 7 N slides down a vertical pole with an acceleration of 3.00 m/s, directed downward. What are the magnitudes and directions of the vertical forces

(a) on the firefighter due to the pole and

(b) on the pole due to the firefighter?

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