A fisherman has caught a very large, 5.0 kg fish from a dock that is 2.0 m above the water. He is using lightweight fishing line that will break under a tension of 60 N or more. He is eager to get the fish to the dock in the shortest possible time.

If the fish is at rest at the water's surface, what is the least amount of time in which the fisherman can raise the fish to the dock without losing it?

To solve this problem we will start by applying the equilibrium equations, for which the net force applied on the body is given by the difference between the weight of the object and the tension applied on the fishing line. Starting from finding the force, we can proceed to find the maximum resistant acceleration of the object and finally applying the linear kinematic equations for the duration of the process. Now calculating the Force we have,

By Newton's second law we have finally that,

Here m is the mass and a the acceleration,

The time by the fish can be calculated through the kinematic linear equation, then

There is not initial velocity because the fish initially is at rest,

Rearranging to find the time,

Therefore the amount of time in which the fisherman can raise the fish to the dock without losing it is 1.35s

because if the tool that you are using is not balanced it there would be false mass.