The cable of a crane on a building site will snap if it has to support a force greater than 48 kN48\ \text{kN}48 kN. The gravitational field strength at the site is 10 N/kg.
A steel beam hangs at rest from the cable.
Calculate the mass of the heaviest beam that the cable can support without snapping.
103 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 2.3 Forces and Newton's laws, covering 2.3.1 Newton's first law, 2.3.2 Newton's second law, and 2.3.3 Weight and gravitational field strength. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.