- A type of elevator called a cage is used to raise and lower miners in a mine shaft. Suppose the cage carries a group of miners down the shaft. If the
unbalanced force on the cage is 60.0 N, and the mass of the loaded cage is
1.50 10 kg, what is the acceleration of the cage?

Uranium has two naturally occurring isotopes. 238u has a natural abundance of 99.3% and 235u has an abundance of 0.7%. it is the rarer 235u that is needed for nuclear reactors. the isotopes are separated by forming uranium hexafluoride uf6, which is a gas, then allowing it to diffuse through a series of porous membranes. 235uf6 has a slightly larger rms speed than 238uf6 and diffuses slightly faster. many repetitions of this procedure gradually separate the two isotopes. what is the ratio of the rms speed of 235uf6 to that of 238uf6? express your answer to five significant figures.