**Scenario: Traveler on an Escalator**A traveler at an airport takes an escalator up one floor, as shown in the image. The moving staircase would independently carry him upward, with a vertical velocity component \( v \) between entry and exit points separated by height \( h \). However, while the escalator is moving, the hurried traveler ascends the steps of the escalator at a rate of \( n \) steps/s. Assume that the height of each step is \( h_s \).**Question (a):**Determine the amount of chemical energy converted into mechanical energy by the traveler's leg muscles during his escalator ride, given that his mass is \( m \). (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: \( g \).)Energy = \_\_\_\_\_\_**Question (b):**Determine the work the escalator motor does on this person. (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: \( g \).)Work = \_\_\_\_\_\_

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A traveler at an airport takes an escalator up one floor as in the figure below. The moving staircase would itself carry him upward with vertical velocity component v between entry and exit points separated by height h. However, while the escalator is moving, the hurried traveler climbs the steps of the escalator at a rate of n steps/s. Assume that the height of each step is h₂. (a) Determine the amount of chemical energy converted into mechanical energy by the traveler's leg muscles during his escalator ride given that his mass is m. (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: g.) energy = (b) Determine the work the escalator motor does on this person. (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: g.) work =

A traveler at an airport takes an escalator up one floor as in the figure below. The moving staircase would itself carry him upward with vertical velocity component v between entry and exit points separated by height h. However, while the escalator is moving, the hurried traveler climbs the steps of the escalator at a rate of n steps/s. Assume that the height of each step is h₂. (a) Determine the amount of chemical energy converted into mechanical energy by the traveler's leg muscles during his escalator ride given that his mass is m. (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: g.) energy = (b) Determine the work the escalator motor does on this person. (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: g.) work =

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**Scenario: Traveler on an Escalator**

A traveler at an airport takes an escalator up one floor, as shown in the image. The moving staircase would independently carry him upward, with a vertical velocity component \( v \) between entry and exit points separated by height \( h \). However, while the escalator is moving, the hurried traveler ascends the steps of the escalator at a rate of \( n \) steps/s. Assume that the height of each step is \( h_s \).

**Question (a):**
Determine the amount of chemical energy converted into mechanical energy by the traveler's leg muscles during his escalator ride, given that his mass is \( m \). (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: \( g \).)

Energy = \_\_\_\_\_\_

**Question (b):**
Determine the work the escalator motor does on this person. (Use any variable or symbol stated above along with the following as necessary: \( g \).)

Work = \_\_\_\_\_\_

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