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9) The \"Tokyo Sky Tree\" stands 634 m tall at its highest point. It is the tall

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Question

9) The "Tokyo Sky Tree" stands 634 m tall at its highest point. It is the tallest structure in Japan, and the 2nd tallest man-made object in the world! The top- level observatory stands 451 m above the ground, as shown in Fig-6 Height: To Ti 634 m/ 2,080 Helght: Architectural 34 m/2,080 ft Helght: Occupled 451 , 1,480 ft Height: Observatory 451 m/1480 Floors Below Ground of Elevators 13 Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s Fig.-6: Image (my pic), and schematic for Tokyo Sky Tree Tower, Tokyo Japan. The elevator to the viewing observatory has an average speed of 10 m/s. Calculate how long it will take you to travel from the ground level, to the observatory. Choose the closest answer from those provided below. a) At 95.2 seconds; b) At 666 seconds; c) 66.6 seconds, or d) t = 45.1 seconds.

Explanation / Answer

Time required to reach at observatory is distance upon average speed .

Time = distance/ average speed

Time = 451/ 10 =45.1 sec