Q.

An elevator car whose floor to ceiling distance is 2.7m starts ascending with a constant acceleration of 1.2 ms-2. 2 s after the start, a bolt falls from the ceiling of the car. The free fall time of the bolt is (Take, g = 9.8 ms-2)

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a

2.79.8 s

b

5.49.8 s

c

5.48.6 s

d

5.411 s

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Relative to lift,

                ur=0, ar=(9.8+1.2)=11 ms-2

                sr=12ar t22.7=12×11×t2t=5.411 s

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An elevator car whose floor to ceiling distance is 2.7m starts ascending with a constant acceleration of 1.2 ms-2. 2 s after the start, a bolt falls from the ceiling of the car. The free fall time of the bolt is (Take, g = 9.8 ms-2)