master_q 0 Posted June 5, 2003 {Official} Star Trek Trivia #93 Elementary Mechanics Week ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Remember in the movie “Speed” when Dennis Hopper blew up the cable holding the elevator? Suppose the mass of the elevator passengers were 1,500 kg, and the frictional force (wheels on track) was 9,000 Newtons . . . . Q1: Determine the acceleration of the elevator Q2: Suppose that a 50 kg woman was standing on a bathroom scale in this elevator car. What would the scale read? (Don’t make the problem harder then it is - keep the answer in kg) Q3: Determine how long it would take for the elevator car (starting from rest) to drop 30 floors (assume each floor is 3 m)? ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Answering: Send myself a private message (do not answer here!) Points: 10 - If get all correct 3 - If get 2 correct 2 - If get 1 correct Master Q StarTrek_Master_Q@yahoo.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
