Shannon has a mass of 60 kg and steps into an elevator on the top floor of a building with her bathroom scale. The elevator accelerates towards to lobby, 15 floors below, at 3 m/s2. When Shannon steps onto the scale, what does it read (in N)?

Shannon has a mass of 60 kg and steps into an elevator on the top floor of a building with her bathroom scale. The elevator accelerates towards to lobby, 15 floors below, at 3 m/s2. When Shannon steps onto the scale, what does it read (in N)?

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