The elevator starts from rest at the first floor of the building and comes to a...

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The elevator starts from rest at the first floor of the buildingand comes to a complete stop at the 6th floor. It can accelerate at6 ft/s2 and then decelerate at 2 ft/s2Determine the shortest time is takes to reach the 6th floor, whichis 60 ft above the ground. Draw the v?t and s?t graphs for themotion of the elevator.

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the elevator starts at rest the initial velocity of theelevator is zero U 0maximum acceleration amax 6ftsec2maximum velocity V Uamax tMaximum velocity Vmax 0 6t 6t1Minimum acceleration amin    See Answer
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