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A ski lift has a seat suspended from a wire above. Three skiers with masses of 70 kilograms, 82 kilograms, and 20 kilograms are riding the lift. The seat itself has a mass
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A ski lift has a seat suspended from a wire above. Three skiers with masses of 70 kilograms, 82 kilograms, and 20 kilograms are riding the lift. The seat itself has a mass
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Question 86400This question is from textbook prealgebra
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A ski lift has a seat suspended from a wire above. Three skiers with masses of 70 kilograms, 82 kilograms, and 20 kilograms are riding the lift. The seat itself has a mass of 17 kilograms. What is the total force exerted on the wire above? This question is from textbook prealgebra
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Force is defined as mass times acceleration. And in SI units, mass is in units of kilograms and
a generally accepted figure for the force of gravity is 9.8 meters per second^2.
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In this problem, the total mass acting on the wire is 70 + 82 + 20 + 17 = 189 kilograms.
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Substituting this and the acceleration due to gravity into the Force equation results in:
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F = m*a = 189 * 9.8 = 1852.2 kg/m/sec^2
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and since a Newton is equal to a kg/m/sec^2, the answer is
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1852.2 Newtons
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Hope this helps you to understand the relationship between mass (kilograms) and Force (Newtons).
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