Solution CLOSE

Chapter 02, Problem 029

We assume the periods of acceleration (duration ) and deceleration (duration ) are periods of

constant . Taking the direction of motion to be then and

. We use SI units so the velocity at is .

(a) We denote as the distance moved during , and use equation :

(b) Using , we have

The deceleration time turns out to be the same so that . The distances traveled

during and are the same so that they total to . This implies that for a

distance of , the elevator is traveling at constant velocity. This time of

constant velocity motion is

Therefore, the total time is .

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