An engineer is designing a spring to be placed at the bottom of an elevator shaft.
if the elevator cable should break when the elevator is at a height h above the top of the spring, calculate the value that the spring stiffness constant k should have so that passengers undergo an acceleration of no more than 5.0 g when brought to rest. let m be the total mass of the elevator and passengers.
express your answer in terms of the variables h, m, and appropriate constants.
k = ?

Hydroelectricity provides about 7 percent of the electricity generated in the united states. (a) explain how a hydroelectric power plant converts energy stored in water into electricity. (b) identify two factors that determine the amount of electricity that can be generated by an individual hydroelectricity power plant. (c) describe the two main types of land-based hydroelectric power plants. (d) describe two economic advantages and two environmental disadvantages of hydroelectricity.