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    Find tension of a string on the ceiling of an elevator

    thats correct Doc Al one mass that weighs 3.2kg (m1)is on the table connected to another mass of 1.6kg(m2) hanging off the table cia a pulley. a force of 44N is acting on the 3.2 kg mass so F=ma (m1) 44 = 3.2 * a a = 13.75 ms^-2 the acceleration of m2 is gravity so 9.8 downwards. so...
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    Find tension of a string on the ceiling of an elevator

    yeah sorry it was a little ambiguous...i'm not even sure if that's the right word i think it's at a right angle but it didnt specify. there is a weight hanging off a table connected to an object of double that weight that has a force applied to it in the opposite direction (ie it is applying...
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    Find tension of a string on the ceiling of an elevator

    so f = ma right? so it could be re-written as T= m*a*g which in most cases is T= m*g^2...which doesn't look right. i presume you meant T=mg which is what i did i have a harder question now. what if it's not just 1 object haging off a fixed space there is a nother problem that goes like...
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    F=ma, what is m actually means?

    yep force = mass times acceleration so m = mass
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    Find tension of a string on the ceiling of an elevator

    good day all I've no idea how to work this out this is the problem A 5.5-kg object is suspended by a string from the ceiling of an elevator that is accelerating downward at a rate of 2.5m/s^2 What is the tension in the string? i presume tension is the force that's on the string? so i...
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