An elevator car whose floor-to-ceiling distance is equal to 2.7 m starts ascending with constant acceleration 1.2

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An elevator car whose floor-to-ceiling distance is equal to 2.7 m starts ascending with constant acceleration 1.2 m/s2; 2.0 s after the start a bolt begins falling from the ceiling of the car. Find:
(a)The bolt's free fall time;
(b)The displacement and the distance covered by the bolt during the free fall in the reference frame fixed to the elevator shaft.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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