A 82.4 KG person stands on a scale in an elevator. What is the apparent wait when the elevator is (a) accelerating upward with an acceleration of 2.23 m/s^2. (B) moving upward at a constant speed, and (c) accelerating downward with an acceleration of 1.75 m/s^2?

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Problem 33P: Two blocks, each of mass m = 3.50 kg, are hung from the ceiling of an elevator as in Figure P4.33....
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A 82.4 KG person stands on a scale in an elevator. What is the apparent wait when the elevator is (a) accelerating upward with an acceleration of 2.23 m/s^2. (B) moving upward at a constant speed, and (c) accelerating downward with an acceleration of 1.75 m/s^2? 

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