A person of weight 490 N stands on a scale in an elevator. What will the scale be reading? when the elevator is accelerating upward at 6 m/s? A. 190N B. 790N C. 490N D. Zero

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Problem 63AP: A person doing a chin-up weighs 700 N, exclusive of the arms. During the first 25.0 cm of the lift,...
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A person of weight 490 N stands on a scale in an elevator. What will the scale be reading?
when the elevator is accelerating upward at 6 m/s?
A. 190N
B. 790N
C. 490N
D. Zero
Transcribed Image Text:A person of weight 490 N stands on a scale in an elevator. What will the scale be reading? when the elevator is accelerating upward at 6 m/s? A. 190N B. 790N C. 490N D. Zero
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