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baird.lindsay
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Homework Statement
bolt comes loose underneath an elevator that is moving upward at a speed of 6.0 m/s and reaches the bottom in 3.0s . find how high above the bottom of the shaft it came loose and the speed of the bolt when it hits the bottom.
i figured out the problem but my question is why don't you consider the final velocity as 0 because when the bolt is on the bottom of the shaft there is no velocity? this is what i first tried to do when attempting to find the initial velocity but that is wrong...so i just wanted to know why i can't put v final as 0.
Homework Equations
vf=vo+at