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  1. An elevator (lift) consists of the elevator cage and a counter weight, of mass m Chain each. The cage and the counter weight are connected by chain that passes over a Cage pulley. The pulley is coupled Counter weight to a motor. It is desired that the elevator should have a maximum stopping time of seconds from a peak speed v. If the inertias of the pulley and the chain are neglected, the minimum power that the motor must have is
    1. 1
      mv²
      2
    2. mv²
      2t
    3. mv²
      t
    4. 2mv²
      t

Correct Option: C

Power = dW / dt (rate of doing work or rate of change of K.E. energy of the system)
Initial Kinetic energy of the system

=
1
= mv² +
1
mv² = mv²
22

Final Kinetic energy = 0
Time duration it occurs = t
⇒ Power =
mv²
t



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