Answer to Question #270604 in Physics for Kai

Question

In a charming 19th-century hotel, an old-style elevator is connected to a counterweight by a cable that passes over a rotating disk 2.8m in diameter. The elevator is raised and lowered by turning the disk, and the cable does not slip on the rim of the disk but turns with it. At how many rpm (revolutions per minute) must the disk turn to raise the elevator at 37 cm/s?

Answer 1

$v=\omega r\to\omega=v/r=0.37/1.4=0.264\ (rad/s)=2.52\ (rpm)$ . Answer