Wednesday 20 June 2012

problem 1.15


 A elevator car whose floor-to-ceiling distance is equal to 2.7 m starts ascending with constant acceleration 1.2 m/s2; 2.0 s after the start a bolt begins falling from the ceiling of the car. Find:
(a)   the bolt’s free fall time;
(b)   the displacement and the distance covered by the bolt during the free fall in the reference frame fixed to the elevator shaft.