1. homework statement

after the cable snaps and the safety system fails, an elevator cab free falls from a height of 36m. during the collision at the bottom of the elevator shaft, a 90 kg passenger is stopped in 0.005 s. assume that neither the passenger nor the cab rebounds. what are the magnitudes of the:

a) impulse and b) average force on the passenger during the collision?

if the passenger were to jump upward with a speed of 7.0 m/s relative to the cab floor just before the cab his the bottom of the shaft, what are the magnitudes of the:

c) impulse and d) average force (assuming the same stopping time)?