Preeti reached the metro station and found that the escalator was not working. She walked up the stationary escalator in time t_1. On other days, if…
NEET UG 2017 — Physics Mechanics
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Preeti reached the metro station and found that the escalator was not working. She walked up the stationary escalator in time t1. On other days, if she remains stationary on the moving escalator, then the escalator takes her up in time t2. The time taken by her to walk up on the moving escalator will be
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Options
A
2t1+t2
B
t2−t1t1t2
C
t2+t1t1t2
D
t1−t2
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Solution
Let d be the displacement of the escalator.
Velocity of girl w.r.t. elevator =t1d=vge
Velocity of elevator w.r.t ground veG=t2d
Then velocity of girl w.r.t ground
vgG=vge+veG
i.e., VgG=Vge+VeG
td=t1d+t2d
t1=t11+t21
t=(t1+t2)t1t2
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