-At the airport, you ride a “moving sidewalk” that carries you horizontally for

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-At the airport, you ride a “moving sidewalk” that carries you horizontally for 25 m at 0.70 m/s. Assuming that you were moving at 0.70 m/s before stepping onto the moving sidewalk and continue at 0.70 m/s afterward, how much work does the moving sidewalk do on you? Your mass is 64 kg.
-An escalator carries you from one level to the next in the airport terminal. The upper level is 4.9 m above the lower level, and the length of the escalator is 7.6 m. How much work does the up escalator do on you when you ride it from the lower level to the upper level?

-How much work does the down escalator do on you when you ride it from the upper level to the lower level?

Explanation / Answer

a) No work because since the velocity does not change there is no acceleration. b) F= ma= 64kg *9.8m/sec^2 627.2 N Work is force applied over a distance so we have 627.2(4.9)= 3073.28 Nm or J (Gravity is a conservative force so the length of the escalator doesn't matter, it's the height you travel). c) Should be same amount 3073.28J

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