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Posted by Dione on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:03pm.

A 12.5kg monkey hangs from a cord suspended from the ceiling of an elevator. The cord can withstand a tension of 157N and breaks as the elevator accelerates.

What was the magnitude of the elevator's minimum acceleration?

What was the direction of the elevator's minimum acceleration?

phys sci.. - bobpursley, Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:15pm
Tension=m(a+g) where a is in the upwarddirection.

solve for a.
phys sci.. - chris, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 11:43am
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