A person of mass 60 kg is inside a lift of mass
940 kg and presses the button on control
panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an
acceleration . If , the tension
in the supporting cable is
The tension in the supporting cable is the force required to provide the necessary acceleration to the combined mass of the lift and the person. Using Newton's second law, F = ma = (60 + 940) kg × (10 + 1) m/s^2 = 11000 N.