A helicopter flies over the arctic ice pack at a constant altitude, towing an airborne 131-kg laser sensor which measures the thickness of the ice (see the drawing). The helicopter and the sensor move only in the horizontal direction and have a horizontal acceleration of magnitude 2.70 m/s2. Ignoring air resistance, find the tension in the cable towing the sensor.
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