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Description: At the bow of a ship on a stormy sea, a crewman conducts an experiment by standing on a bathroom scale. In calm waters, the scale reads 176 lblb . During the storm, the crewman finds a maximum reading of 230 lblb and a minimum reading of 133 lb

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At the bow of a ship on a stormy sea, a crewman conducts an experiment by standing on a bathroom scale. In calm waters, the scale reads 176 lblb . During the storm, the crewman finds a maximum reading of 230 lblb and a minimum reading of 133 lb

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$G i v e n : I n c a l m w a t e r s t h e s c a l e r e a d s, w_{1} = 176 l b D u r i n g t h e s t o r m t h e m a x i m u m r e a d i n g, w_{2} = 230 l b D u r i n g t h e s t o r m t h e m i n i m u m r e a d i n g, w_{3} = 133 l b N o w, F i n d A c c e l e r a t i o n A c c o r d i n g t o d a t a g i v e n A) M a x i m u m u p w a r d a c c e l e r a t i o n e x p e r i e n c e b y c r e w m a n . a = \frac{w_{2} - w_{1}}{w_{1}} \times g = (\frac{230 l b - 176 l b}{133 l b}) \times (9.81 m / s^{2}) = 3.983 m / s^{2}$

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