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Q.

A lift is coming from 8th floor and is just about to reach 4th floor to stop there. Taking ground floor as origin and positive direction upwards for all quantities, which one of the following is correct ?

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a

x<0,v <0, a>0

b

x>0,v<0, a<0

c

x>0,v<0, a>0

d

x>0,v>0, a<0

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

As lift is coming from 8th to 4th floor and it is just reaching to 4th floor, it is retarding. I.e. acceleration a is acting upwards so,a > 0. And the displacement x is in downward direction hence negative, i.e, x<0, also velocity is downwards (i.e. negative) so, v<0. 

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