Meriam, Kraige & Bolton — Kinetics of Particles: Problem 3_35

3/35 The rod of the fixed hydraulic cylinder is moving to the left with a speed of 100 mm/s, and this speed is momentarily increasing at a rate of 400 mm/s each second at the instant when \( s_A = 425 \text{ mm} \). Determine the tension in the cord at that instant. The mass of slider \( B \) is 0.5 kg, the length of the cord is 1050 mm, and the effects of the radius and friction of the small pulley at \( A \) are negligible. Find results for cases (a) negligible friction at slider \( B \) and (b) \( \mu_k = 0.40 \) at slider \( B \). The action is in a vertical plane.