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Homework Statement
A 563 N physics student stands on a bathroom scale in an 823 kg (including the student) elevator that is supported by a cable. At some time during her elevator ride, the scale reads 400 N.
Find the acceleration of the elevator.
Found this to be 2.84 m/s2 in the down direction.
What is the tension in the cable?
This is what i am having trouble with.
Homework Equations
F=ma
The Attempt at a Solution
I thought the tension in the elevator would just be the mass of the elevator and student 823 kg times by the acceleration of the elevator?
T = 823(2.84) = 2337 N
This is wrong though.
Help please :)
Thank you