A box is travelling inside an elevator travelling at uniform acceleration and 5 m/s when the box falls out of the elevator. It takes 1.2 seconds to hit bottom of elevator shaft.  a) How long would it take before the elevator reached maximum height? b) How far did the box fall? c) How far did the box fall in 0.2 seconds?

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A box is travelling inside an elevator travelling at uniform acceleration and 5 m/s when the box falls out of the elevator. It takes 1.2 seconds to hit bottom of elevator shaft.  a) How long would it take before the elevator reached maximum height? b) How far did the box fall? c) How far did the box fall in 0.2 seconds? 

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