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Given information
Given that the mass of the elevator is ,
and the maximum acceleration the elevator can have is .
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The problem can be analysed using a free body diagram.
When the elevator moves up, acceleration is positive and there will be maximum tension.
From the free body diagram,
According to Newton's second law,
Therefore,
.
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