Statement I: A man sits in a chair slung from a rope that passes over a ceiling pulley, holding the free end himself; the rope tension equals half the combined weight of man and chair. Statement II: T

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Statement I: A man sits in a chair slung from a rope that passes over a ceiling pulley, holding the free end himself; the rope tension equals half the combined weight of man and chair. Statement II: The chair pushes up on the man with a force equal to half the difference of the weights of the man and the chair.

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Two rope segments support man plus chair: 2 T = ( M + m ) g . On the man, N + T = M g , giving N = ( M − m ) g /2 . Both statements are true. Option A.

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