A local elevator moves upward at a constant 3.3 mps passing a stopped express elevator. Precisely...

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A local elevator moves upward at a constant 3.3 mps passing astopped express elevator. Precisely 2.8 seconds later the expresselevator starts upward with a constant acceleration and catches upwith the local elevator where the velocity of the local withrespect to the express elevator is -9.3 m/s. Determine (a) theacceleration of the express elevator in m/s/s and (b) the distancetraveled in m for the express to catch up with the localelevator.

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