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A box with mas of 20kg is hanging from a rope on a building site. Calculate tension when:
a) Stationary
b)Moving upwards at consteant speed of 6m/s
c)Moving upwards with accelleration of 6m/s
f=ma
I don't know as i have never seen 'tension' used in a question before but i am guessing that for a) you take acceleration as -9.8m/s2 (gravity) and work out force. for b) same as a and c) is -9.8+6 and then into equation.
I am quite new to this (as you can tell) and got confused with tension. I am currently taking tension as the quivilent of force.Am i right? (P.S: I could use 9.8 as acceleration if i wanted positive answer).
Homework Statement
A box with mas of 20kg is hanging from a rope on a building site. Calculate tension when:
a) Stationary
b)Moving upwards at consteant speed of 6m/s
c)Moving upwards with accelleration of 6m/s
Homework Equations
f=ma
The Attempt at a Solution
I don't know as i have never seen 'tension' used in a question before but i am guessing that for a) you take acceleration as -9.8m/s2 (gravity) and work out force. for b) same as a and c) is -9.8+6 and then into equation.
I am quite new to this (as you can tell) and got confused with tension. I am currently taking tension as the quivilent of force.Am i right? (P.S: I could use 9.8 as acceleration if i wanted positive answer).
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