An elevator is descending with uniform acceleration.To measure the acceleration, a person in the elevator drops a coin at momen the elevator strts. The coin is 6 ft asbove the floor of the elevator at the time it is dropped. The person observes that the coin strikes the floor in 1 second. Calculate these dta the acceleration of the elevator.

Explanation

To solve the problem of the descending elevator and the dropped coin, we can follow these steps:

### Step 1: Understand the scenario
We have an elevator descending with uniform acceleration \( a \). A coin is dropped from a height of 6 feet above the floor of the elevator at the moment the elevator starts moving. The coin takes 1 second to hit the floor of the elevator.

### Step 2: Define the variables
- Let \( a \) be the acceleration of the elevator (downward).
- The acceleration due to gravity \( g \) is approximately \( 32.2 \, \text{ft/s}^2 \) (downward).
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