A 1000kg elevator is descending vertically with an acceleration of 1.0ms-2, if the acceleration due to gravity is 10ms-2, the tension in the suspending cabl...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 1986 Subject: Physics

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A 1000kg elevator is descending vertically with an acceleration of 1.0ms-2, if the acceleration due to gravity is 10ms-2, the tension in the suspending cable is
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The elevator is descending so the weight acts in line with the acceleration which is downwards. So according to Newton's law,
mg(weight) -R (tension/reaction) = ma

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