Homework Help: PHYSICS 2

Posted by Ellie Mae on Monday, October 9, 2006 at 8:32pm.

A 15.7 kg monkey hangs from a cord suspended from the ceiling of an elevator. The cord can withstand a tension of 240 N and breaks as the elevator accelerates. What was the elevator's minimum acceleration? (Assume the positive direction is upward.)

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