You are in a tall building located near the equator. What happens to your tangential speed due to the earth's rotation as you ride an elevator from the ground floor to the top floor?

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Haley Pratt

Physics

31 January, 20:50

You are in a tall building located near the equator. What happens to your tangential speed due to the earth's rotation as you ride an elevator from the ground floor to the top floor?

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Izabella Peters · Answer 1

Answer:increases

Explanation:

If we are going upward in an elevator from the ground floor to the top floor then it indicates that your distance from the center of the earth is increasing while the time period remains the same.

If the radial distance is increased then the tangential velocity of the object must be increased because the time period is the same.

This can be best explained by taking an example of a car moving in a circle of radius r. If radial is increased for the same period then the car has to travel at a higher velocity to make in time.