Elephants are loaded into containers that are pulled up a ramp an inclined plane at 15 degrees to the ground. The container is held stationery by rope with a tension of 5000 newtons. If the mass of a container is 800kg, calculate the mass of the elephant

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Greta Cox

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11 March, 19:07

Elephants are loaded into containers that are pulled up a ramp an inclined plane at 15 degrees to the ground. The container is held stationery by rope with a tension of 5000 newtons. If the mass of a container is 800kg, calculate the mass of the elephant

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Erick Larson · Answer 1

Given:

Inclined at 15 degrees

Tension of 5000N

Mass of container 800kg

Required:

Mass of elephant

Solution:

F = mgcos (theta)

5000 = m (9.8m/s2) cos (15)

M = 528.2kg