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Why is electrical power required at all when the elevator is descending? Why should there be a limit on the number of passengers in this case?

Electrical power is required when an elevator is descending

to prevent it from free fall under gravity.


The cable of the elevator has the capacity of some limiting


value of tension developed in it. therefore, there is a limit


on the number of passengers.


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