Superguy is flying at treetop level near Paris when he sees the Eiffel Tower elevator start to fall (the cable snapped). His x-ray vision tells him Lois LaTour is inside. If Superguy is 1.00 km away from the tower, and the elevator falls from a height of 230 m, how long does Superguy have to save Lois, and what must be his average speed?
a. 4.84 s, 206 m/s
b. 8.39 s, 119 m/s
c. 6.85 s, 150 m/s
d. 9.69 s, 103 m/s
e. 3.43 s, 292 m/s
c
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