A person stands on a scale inside an elevator at rest (see the figure below). The scale reads W = 601 N.   (a) What is the person's mass?  kg (b) The elevator accelerates upward momentarily at the rate of a = 3 m/s2. What does the scale read then?  N (c) The elevator then moves with a steady speed of 7 m/s. What does the scale read now?  N

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A person stands on a scale inside an elevator at rest (see the figure below). The scale reads W = 601 N.

 
(a) What is the person's mass?
 kg

(b) The elevator accelerates upward momentarily at the rate of a = 3 m/s2. What does the scale read then?
 N

(c) The elevator then moves with a steady speed of 7 m/s. What does the scale read now?
 N
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