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A weight is hung from the ceiling of an elevator by a massless string. Under which circumstances will the tension in the cord be the least?

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When the elevator is going up (assuming the elevator is acceleration)

When the elevator is accelerating downwards, the total gravitational force would be larger.

If the elevator is accelerating upwards, then the gravitation force would be smaller, thus the tension in the string would be smaller.

When the elevator is going up then it goes against gravitational force acting downward , so that the gravitation force would be smaller, thus the tension in the cord would be smaller.

  • Tension describes the force that a cord or string experiences when someone or something pulls on it.
  • When the elevator is going up then it goes against gravitational force acting downward , so that the gravitation force would be smaller, thus the tension in the cord would be smaller.
  • When the elevator is accelerating downwards, the total gravitational force would be larger. so that tension in the cord would be more.

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