An elevator is supported by a steel cable recall that the


An elevator is supported by a steel cable. Recall that the tension in any cable, rope, or string is just the force with which it pulls on the object to which it is attached. The elevator and its passengers weigh 14,759.2 Newton.

A) Find the tension in the cable when the elevator and its contents are accelerating upward at 6.7m/s2.

B) Find what is the tension in the cable when the elevator and its contents are accelerating downward at 3.5m/s2?

C) Find the tension in the cable when the elevator and its contents are moving upward with a constant speed of 9.8 m/s.

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