You enter a high speed elevator to get to the 73rd floor of a skyscraper. What is the tention in the elevator cable if you are going up with a speed that increases at 3 m/s² and the elevator weighs approximately 1000 kg (ignoring your weight)?
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The weight is given by the formula: Weight = mass * gravity where mass is the mass of the elevator and gravity is the acceleration due to gravity. In this case, the mass of the elevator is 1000 kg and the acceleration due to gravity is approximately 9.8 m/s^2. Show more…
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