first law of momentum with solution
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A person is in an elevator that moving upward at a constant velocity. The weight of the person is 800 N. Immediately the elevator rope is broke, so the elevator falls. Determine the normal force acted by elevator’s floor to the person just before and after the elevator’s rope broke.
Solution :
Before the elevator’s rope broke
When the person stands on the floor of the elevator, weight acts on the person where the direction of the person is downward. That person at rest so that there is must a normal force acts on the person, where the direction of the normal force is upward and the magnitude of the normal force same as the magnitude of the weight.
Newton's first law of motion – problems and solutions 1
Because the person is at rest in the elevator and the elevator moves at a constant speed (no acceleration), so there is no net force act on the person.
∑F = 0
N – w = 0
N = w
N = 800 Newton
After the elevator’s rope broke
After the elevator’s rope broke, elevator and the person free fall together, where the magnitude and the direction of their acceleration same as acceleration due to gravity. There is no normal force on the person.
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