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A firefighter who weighs 712 N slides down a vertical pole with an acceleration of 3.00 m/s2, directed downward. What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direction (up or down) of the vertical force on the firefighter from the pole and the (c) magnitude and (d) direction of the vertical force of the pole on the firefighter?

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