The crane operator lowers a 16,000 N steel ball with a downward acceleration of 3 m/s^2. The tension in the cable is:

Brittney Lord

Brittney Lord

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2020-11-08

The crane operator lowers a 16,000 N steel ball with a downward acceleration of 3 ms2. The tension in the cable is:

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crocolylec

crocolylec

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The steel balls weight is W = 16000 N 
The steel balls mass is m=Wg=16000 N9.8 ms=1632.65 kg 
Acceleration is now used to lower the steel ball a=3 ms 
Let the tension in the cable be T. 
Then by Newtons

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