Example 5.21 Lifting a Stage Set (10m A 200 kg set used in a play is stored in the loft above the stage. The rope holding the set passes up and over a pulley, then is tied backstage. The director tells a 100 kg stage-hand to lower the set. When he unties the rope, the set falls and the unfortunate man is hoisted into the loft. What is the stagehand's acceleration? lancing equation for man. Im- Mm9 = Mmam. I'm - 100 9 = 100 am . .- balancing fonce equation