Question

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

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