A shopper in a mall is on an escalator that is moving downward at an angle of

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A shopper in a mall is on an escalator that is moving downward at an angle of 41.8o below the horizontal at a constant speed of 0.75 m/s. At the same time a little boy drops a toy parachute from a floor above the escalator and it descends at a steady vertical speed of 0.50 m/s. Determine the speed of the parachute toy as observed from the moving escalator.
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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0321601834

7th edition

Authors: Jerry D. Wilson, Anthony J. Buffa, Bo Lou

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