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Yes. P-T = ma

Hello Berkeman: Thank you for your reply. I don't have a diagram attached. Yes the acceleration is vertical. The hook lowers/hoist loads vertically in a drilling rig.

Homework Statement A rig accelerates a load of 200,000 lbf from zero to 60 ft/min in 5 seconds. Homework Equations Compute new load shown on the hook load indicator ? The Attempt at a Solution Calculated the distance of load l = 4.99 ft.