Lets not forget the effects of the moon’s gravitational pull. This alone could easily offset the monkey and rope .15 degrees thus requiring Pythagorean Theorem. We have a whole new can of worms to deal with now people. OMG…Now we’re talking Calculus with instantaneous acceleration, velocity, multiple plains, angular gravitational advantage, conic sections, etc. Also, who’s to say what view point we are taking it from? Is the monkey more aerodynamic than the weight?! Now we’re talking drag!!! Static friction in the pulley? Lets think about this guys, the Force is a SINE wave alone…
Breath…breath…AHHHHHHHHH!!!
A question like this is inhumane and downright immoral to give to an engineer. It is like dividing by zero, our brains fly through an infinite number of variables until ultimate meltdown occurs.
I just thought of another variable. For the monkey to climb the rope, he must exert energy. Now we all very well know that this isn’t a hundred percent efficient and thus a byproduct is heat. So Mr. Monkey’s body temperature rises THUS making him just a weeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit lighter, given that heat rises. Ahem…thus proving that monkey and the weight are in FACT not the same.
Thank you