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A lift whose floor to ceiling distance is 2.7 m,starts from rest and ascend with a constant acceleration of 1.2 m s^-2.two seconds later,a particle drops from the ceiling of the lift.caalculate the time taken by the partcle to hit the floor of the lift.

A lift whose floor to ceiling distance is 2.7 m,starts from rest and ascend with a constant acceleration of 1.2 m s^-2.two seconds later,a particle drops from the ceiling of the lift.caalculate the time taken by the partcle to hit the floor of the lift.

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4 Answers

mohit yadav
54 Points
10 years ago

1.5 sec

Madhukar Thalore
58 Points
10 years ago

The time taken will be approx. 1 second.

FITJEE
43 Points
10 years ago

1.5

SOURAV MISHRA
37 Points
10 years ago

let us solve the question from the frame of reference of the lift.

the net downward acceleration of the particle realtive to the lift is g + 1.2 m/s2.

then we can write 2.7 = (g + 1.2)t2/2.

we take g = 9.8 m/s2. this gives t = 0.7s.

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