A 47.0-kg woman decides to take the elevator to the top of the 100.-m Space Needle in Seattle. On the return trip down, the elevator moves at a constant speed of 4.00 m/s for most of the trip, except when the elevator stops. The elevator travels 2.50 meters to stop. (a) What is the acceleration needed to stop the elevator at the bottom of the Space Needle? Because this is a physics problem, the woman decides to weigh herself during the trip. (b) What does she weigh according to her scale during most of the trip down the Space Needle? (c) What does she weigh according to her scale near the bottom when the elevator is stopping? (d) Explain in words and an expression/equation: If during the decent, the cable attached to the elevator breaks, what does the woman weigh according to her scale?

A 47.0-kg woman decides to take the elevator to the top of the 100.-m Space Needle in Seattle. On the return trip down, the elevator moves at a constant speed of 4.00 m/s for most of the trip, except when the elevator stops. The elevator travels 2.50 meters to stop. (a) What is the acceleration needed to stop the elevator at the bottom of the Space Needle? Because this is a physics problem, the woman decides to weigh herself during the trip. (b) What does she weigh according to her scale during most of the trip down the Space Needle? (c) What does she weigh according to her scale near the bottom when the elevator is stopping? (d) Explain in words and an expression/equation: If during the decent, the cable attached to the elevator breaks, what does the woman weigh according to her scale?

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College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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