Is the tension in each wire larger than, equal to, or smaller than the gravitational force exerted on the sign by earth?.

Is a  vector quantity  that refers to "the rate at which an object changes its position." imagine a person moving rapidly - one step forward and one step back - always returning to the original starting position. while this might result in a frenzy of activity, it would result in a zero velocity. because the person always returns to the original position, the motion would never result in a change in position. since velocity is defined as the rate at which the position changes, this motion results in zero velocity. if a person in motion wishes to maximize their velocity, then that person must make every effort to maximize the amount that they are displaced from their original position. every step must go into moving that person further from where he or she started. for certain, the person should never change directions and begin to return to the starting position.

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So since the snail is moving at 3.6  miles per hour you multiply by 5280 to change it into feet per hour. so you get 36*528 ft per hour. since there are 3600 seconds in an hour, you divide 36*528 by 3600. so simplifying we get 528/100 which is 5.28 ft per second