Calculating Tension in Steel Cable with Masses & Forces

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"If two masses are attached by a steel cable and each
mass has a force pulling on it, write an expression
for the Tension is the cable as a function of the two
masses and the two forces. Assume one of the forces is
constant, but the other force changes.
 
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blinder said:
"If two masses are attached by a steel cable and each
mass has a force pulling on it, write an expression
for the Tension is the cable as a function of the two
masses and the two forces. Assume one of the forces is
constant, but the other force changes.

What have you done up till now to tackle this problem ?

marlon
 
To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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