Given the following ideal Atwood machine in an elevator accelerating down at ae = 4.9 m/s2, with m1 = 10 gram (two nickels) and m2 = 5 gram (one nickel) as shown, what is the tension T in the string in millinewton (mN)? (Hint: the upward arrow on ae is correct and just means use "positive is up" conventions for the elevator itself, so
a) Given the following ideal Atwood machine in an elevator accelerating down at ae = 4.9 m/s2, with m1 = 10 gram (two nickels) and m2 = 5 gram (one nickel) as shown, what is the tension T in the string in millinewton (mN)? (Hint: the upward arrow on ae is correct and just means use "positive is up" conventions for the elevator itself, so here we have ae = -4.9 m/s2 to be put into Einstein's rule that we discussed.)
b) Exact same Atwood machine as the previous problem (two nickels and a nickel in an elevator accelerating down at 4.9 m/s2), but now how much time (s) does it take m1, starting from rest, to fall 25 cm relative to the inside of the elevator?
I labeled it a and b because they are connected to each other.
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