an elevator system in a tall building consists of a 800 kg car and a 950 kg coun

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an elevator system in a tall building consists of a 800 kg car and a 950 kg counterweight joined by a light cable of constant length that passes over a pulley of mass 280 kg. the pulley is a solid cylinder of radius .700 meters turning on a horizontal axle. The cable does not slip on the sheave. A number of n people, each of mass 80.0 kg are riding in the elevator car, moving upward at 3.00 m/s and approaching the floor where the car should stop. As an energy-conservation measure, a computer disconnects the elevator motor at just the right moment so that the sheave-car-counterweight system then coasts freely without friction and comes to rest at the floor desired. There it is caught by a simple latch rather than by a massive brake. (a) Determine the distance d the car coasts upward as a function of n. Evaluate the distance for (b) n = 2, (c) n = 12, (d) n = 0. (e) For what integer values of n does the expression in part a apply? (f) Explain your answer to part (e). (g) If an infinite number of people could fit on the elevator what is the value of d?

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