Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 62SP
An elevator starts from rest with a constant upward acceleration. It moves 2.0 m in
the first 0.60 s. A passenger in the elevator is holding a 3.0-kg package by a vertical
string. What is the tension in the string during the accelerating process?
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