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Elisha Graves Otis invented the elevator brake in the mid-
a. Working in SI units, make a position-versus-time graph for the elevator.
b. Describe the motion of the elevator in words.
c. Find the highest speed of the elevator. When is the elevator going at this speed?
d. What sort of considerations would the engineers need to make to ensure the comfort of the passengers?
Position (stories) |
Time (s) |
0.0 | 0 |
0.3 | 1 |
1.1 | 2 |
2.5 | 3 |
4.4 | 4 |
6.8 | 5 |
9.8 | 6 |
13.1 | 7 |
16.4 | 8 |
19.6 | 9 |
22.9 | 10 |
26.2 | 11 |
29.5 | 12 |
32.7 | 13 |
36.0 | 14 |
39.3 | 15 |
42.5 | 16 |
45.8 | 17 |
49.1 | 18 |
52.4 | 19 |
55.6 | 20 |
58.9 | 21 |
62.2 | 22 |
65.5 | 23 |
68.7 | 24 |
72.0 | 25 |
75.3 | 26 |
78.5 | 27 |
81.6 | 28 |
84.2 | 29 |
86.5 | 30 |
88.2 | 31 |
89.6 | 32 |
90.0 | 33 |
90.0 | 34 |
90.0 | 35 |
90.0 | 36 |