Question: A 6.50-kg instrument is hanging by a vertical wire inside a space ship that is blasting off at the surface of the earth. This ship

A 6.50-kg instrument is hanging by a vertical wire inside a space ship that is blasting off at the surface of the earth. This ship starts from rest and reaches an altitude of 276 min 15.0 s with constant acceleration.
(a) Draw a free-body diagram for the instrument during this time. Indicate which force is greater.
(b) Find the force that the wire exerts on the instrwnem.

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