Question

A helicopter holding a 70-kilogram package suspended from a rope accelerates upward at a rate of 5.2 m/s2.



(a) Determine the tension in the rope.

(b) If the package had an acceleration of 0 instead, how would the new tension in the rope compare to the gravitational force experienced by the package (i.e. tension would increase, decrease, stay the same). Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

welp there goes my grade lmfaooo

Answer 2

Total force on m in up direction = T - m g
F = m A
so
T - m g = m A
T = m (g+A)

if a = 0 then T = m g