Question
An elevator has a mass of 500 kg. It may safely carry an additional mass of 1000kg and accelerate upward at 2m/s2. What is the tension in the cable?
Answers
drwls
Under those conditions,
Tension = Mtotal*(g + a)
= 1500*(9.8 + 2)
= 17,700 N
Tension = Mtotal*(g + a)
= 1500*(9.8 + 2)
= 17,700 N