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An elevator (1500 kg mass, with passengers) is attached to a 1000 kg counterweight by a cable that is wrapped over a pulley. It is also attached (by a second cable) to a motor. The elevator is moving down at a constant speed of 5 m/s.
a) Determine the force that the motor must apply to the second cable.
b) Determine the force that the motor must exert to lower the elevator with a constant downward acceleration of 1 m/s^2.
c) Determine the Force that the motor must exert to lower the elvator with a constant upward acceleration of 1 m/s^2.
d) Draw a graph of the acceleration of the elevator as a function of the force exerted by the motor. Fill in imoprtant numbers on each axis.
I know this is alot, but thank you!