A black widow spider hangs motionless from a web that extends vertically from the ceiling above. If the spider has a mass of 1.70 g, what is the tension in the web?

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a: A black widow spider hangs motionless from a web that extends vertically from the ceiling above. If the spider has a mass of 1.70 g, what is the tension in the web?

b: The x and y coordinates of a 4.60-kg particle moving in the xy plane under the influence of a net force F are given by x = t4 − 2t and y = 2t2 +1, with x and y in meters and t in seconds. What is the magnitude of the force F at t = 3.00 s?

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  • The mass of spider is m = 1.70 g = 1.70 x 10-3 kg.

When the spider is hanging at the ceiling then only two forces are applied on the spider one is Tension force and another one is the weight of the spider 

The free-body diagram is  shown as,

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