Question

An elevator has a mass of 1200.0 kg. It is rising at a steady acceleration DOWNWARD of -3.00 m/s2. What is the tension in the cable lifting the elevator?

T=1200.0x9.8 +1200.0x-3600
=8160N
right?
where did you get -3600 ? It says -3.00
1200 ( 9.8 -3) = 1200 (6.8) = 8160 N right
whoops 1200x-3.00=-3600

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