1- An elevator, when fully loaded, has a mass of 5500 kg. The elevator needs to accelerate anywhere from 2.7 m/s^2 [D] to 2.7 m/s^2 [U]. What is the maximum tension force that the elevator cable will need to support during normal use?
can we use fnet principle here, so when its accelerating downwards, it'll be
-ma=t-mg. is this right?
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