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KingNothing
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Hey all..here is another stumper (for me).
"A 1000 kg elevator has a maximum load of 800 kg. If constant friction retards the elevator at 4000 N, to lift at 2 m/s, what does the motor's hp(horsepower) have to be?"
Now, I was trying to do a lot of things with this one. I thought it was an obstacle that we had a speed and not a distance. I tried getting around this by simply acknowledging that since we went to go 2 m/s, and since a watt is 1 J/s, that I could just sort of throw the /s off each of them and leave it at 2 m. Prolly totally off.
Any Help?
(My answer was 5.92 hp)
"A 1000 kg elevator has a maximum load of 800 kg. If constant friction retards the elevator at 4000 N, to lift at 2 m/s, what does the motor's hp(horsepower) have to be?"
Now, I was trying to do a lot of things with this one. I thought it was an obstacle that we had a speed and not a distance. I tried getting around this by simply acknowledging that since we went to go 2 m/s, and since a watt is 1 J/s, that I could just sort of throw the /s off each of them and leave it at 2 m. Prolly totally off.
Any Help?
(My answer was 5.92 hp)