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  4. An elevator weighing 6000 kg is pulled upwards by a cable with an acceleration of 5 m s- 2 . Taking g to be 10 m s- 2 , the tension in the cable is

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Q. An elevator weighing $6000 \, kg$ is pulled upwards by a cable with an acceleration of $5 \, m \, s^{- 2}$ . Taking $g$ to be $10 \, m \, s^{- 2}$ , the tension in the cable is

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Solution:

$T=m\left(g + a\right)=6000\times \left(10 + 5\right)=90000 \, N$