Before going to work in the morning Joe Newton uses his bathroom scale, and finds that he weighs 721 N. His office elevator also has a scale, strangely enough. A Find his mass. she takes the elevator on the way up to the office, at a certain point he sees that the scale reads 1023 N. What is the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the elevator? A

Before going to work in the morning Joe Newton uses his bathroom scale, and finds that he weighs 721 N. His office elevator also has a scale, strangely enough. A Find his mass. she takes the elevator on the way up to the office, at a certain point he sees that the scale reads 1023 N. What is the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the elevator? A

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter5: Newton's Laws Of Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 29PQ: Two forces F1=(62.98i15.80j) N and F2=(23.66i78.05j) are exerted on a particle. The particles mass...

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