Standing on a weighing scale, a 50-kg person is inside an elevator. What would the scale read if the elevator accelerates DOWNWARD (towards the Earth) at a rate of 0.20g (or 20% of the acceleration due to gravity)? * 23 kg. 34 kg. 40 kg. 57 kg. 63 kg.

Standing on a weighing scale, a 50-kg person is inside an elevator. What would the scale read if the elevator accelerates DOWNWARD (towards the Earth) at a rate of 0.20g (or 20% of the acceleration due to gravity)? * 23 kg. 34 kg. 40 kg. 57 kg. 63 kg.

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Standing on a weighing scale, a 50-kg person is inside an elevator. What
would the scale read if the elevator accelerates DOWNWARD (towards the
Earth) at a rate of 0.20g (or 20% of the acceleration due to gravity)? *
23 kg.
34 kg.
40 kg.
57 kg.
63 kg.

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