Introductory Circuit Analysis
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ISBN: 9780133923919
Author: Boylestad, Robert L.
Publisher: Pearson Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 42P
Each spring there is a race up 86 floors of the 102-story Empire State Building in New York City. If you were able to climb 2 steps/second, how long would it take in minutes to reach the 86th floor if each floor is 14 ft high and each step is about 9 in.?
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