Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321993724
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 2.3GI
An elevator is going up at constant speed, slows to a stop, then starts down and soon reaches the same constant speed it had going up. Is the elevator’s average acceleration between its upward and downward constant-speed motions (a) zero, (b) downward, (c) first upward and then downward, or (d) first downward and then upward?
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Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
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