Physics & How Things Work

How an Elevator Goes Up

Name: How an Elevator Goes Up
Duration: 76 s
Description: It's a balanced scale. The counterweight does the heavy lifting — the motor just tips it.

It's a balanced scale. The counterweight does the heavy lifting — the motor just tips it.

You tap '5.' The whole steel box — you, everyone in it — glides upward. What's actually pulling it?

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