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  4. A person of mass 60 kg is inside a lift of mass 940 kg and presses the button on control panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration 1.0 m/s2. If g = 10 ms-2, the tension in the supporting cable is

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Q. A person of mass $60\,kg$ is inside a lift of mass $940\,kg$ and presses the button on control panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration $1.0 \,m/s^2$. If $g = 10\, ms^{-2}$, the tension in the supporting cable is

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Solution:

The tension in the string is given as follows
$T = m ( g + a )$
By substituting the values of mass and acceleration given in the question we get
$ T =1000 \times(10+1)$
$=11000\, N$