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Question 10

A body of mass 2kg is suspended from the ceiling of a lift with a light inextensible string. lf the lift moves upwards with acceleration of 2ms-2, calculate the magnitude of the tension in the string (g = 1Oms-2)

  • A.24N
  • B.20N
  • C.16N
  • D.4N
  • E.0N
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1996
Question no.
#10
Type
Objective
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