physics.............?

Question

A cable is lifting a construction worker and a crate, as the drawing shows. The weights of the worker and crate are 924 and 1510 N, respectively. The acceleration of the cable is 0.620 m/s2, upward.


(a) What is the tension in the cable below the worker?

? N

(b) What is the tension in the cable above the worker?

? N

Answer 1

(a) What is the tension in the cable below the worker?
T1 = (1,510)(1 + 0.620/9.80665)
T1 = 1,605.5 N

(b) What is the tension in the cable above the worker?
t2 = (1,510 + 924)(1 + 0.620/9.80665)
t2 = 2,587.9 N