When you weigh yourself on good old terra firma(solid ground), your weight is 148 lb . In an elevator your apparent weight is 128 lb . What is the magnitude of the elevator's acceleration? a = ______ m/s^2

When you weigh yourself on good old terra firma(solid ground), your weight is 148 lb . In an elevator your apparent weight is 128 lb . What is the magnitude of the elevator's acceleration? a = ______ m/s^2

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When you weigh yourself on good old terra firma(solid ground), your weight is 148 lb . In an elevator your apparent weight is 128 lb .

What is the magnitude of the elevator's acceleration?

a = ______ m/s^2

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