A 5.0-kg object is suspended by a string from the ceiling of an elevator that is accelerating downward at a rate of 2.6 m/s2 . What is the tension in the string?

a. 49 N
b. 36 N
c. 62 N
d. 13 N
e. 52 N


b

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