A 60-kg operator is standing on a spring scale in a 600-kg elevator that is accelerating 6m/s2 up.(a) What is the scale reading in Newton? (b) What is the tension in the cables? O 785 N, 12,254.8 N O 948 N, 10,434.6 N O 962 N, 11,789.41 N O854 N, 9,457.8 N

A 60-kg operator is standing on a spring scale in a 600-kg elevator that is accelerating 6m/s2 up.(a) What is the scale reading in Newton? (b) What is the tension in the cables? O 785 N, 12,254.8 N O 948 N, 10,434.6 N O 962 N, 11,789.41 N O854 N, 9,457.8 N

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A 60-kg operator is standing on
a spring scale in a 600-kg
elevator that is accelerating
6m/s2 up.(a) What is the scale
reading in Newton? (b) What is
the tension in the cables?
O 785 N, 12,254.8 N
O 948 N, 10,434.6 N
962 N, 11,789.41 N
O 854 N, 9,457.8 N

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