A 6kg bucket of water is being pulled straight up by a string at a constant speed. I determined that the tension on the string was F = maF = (6kg * 9.8 m/s2) , F = 58.8 N Now its asking At a certain point the speed of the bucket begins to change. The bucket now has an upward constant acceleration of magnitude 3 m/s2. What is the tension in the rope now? The correct answer was "about 78N" then Now assume that the bucket has a downward acceleration, with a constant acceleration of magnitude3 m/s2. Now what is the tension in the rope?