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An elevator (lift) consists of the elevator cage and a counter weight, of mass m each. The cage and the counter weight are connected by chain that passes over a pulley. The pulley is coupled to a motor. It is desired that the elevator should have a maximum stopping time of t 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                                                                                                                                            

 

      (a)    $\frac{1}{2}mv^{2}$                                                        (b)$\frac{mv^{2}}{2t}$

      (c) $\frac{mv^{2}}{t}$                                                               (d) $\frac{2mv^{2}}{t}$  

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