An elevator is moving upward at a constant speed of 2.50 m/s. A bolt in theelevator ceiling 3.00 m above the elevator floor works loose and falls.(a) How long does it take for the bolt to fall to the elevator floor?(b) What is the speed of the bolt just as it hits the elevator floor according to anobserver in the elevator?(c) What is the speed of the bolt just as it hits the elevator floor according to anobserver standing on one of the floor landings of the building?(d) According to the observer in part (c), what distance did the bolt travel between the ceiling and the floor of the elevator?

An elevator is moving upward at a constant speed of 2.50 m/s. A bolt in theelevator ceiling 3.00 m above the elevator floor works loose and falls.(a) How long does it take for the bolt to fall to the elevator floor?(b) What is the speed of the bolt just as it hits the elevator floor according to anobserver in the elevator?(c) What is the speed of the bolt just as it hits the elevator floor according to anobserver standing on one of the floor landings of the building?(d) According to the observer in part (c), what distance did the bolt travel between the ceiling and the floor of the elevator?

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