14. A dog that weighs 500 N at rest on the Earth's surface is standing on a scale on the floor of an elevator. The elevator is accelerating upward in the Earth's gravitational field at a rate of 9.8 m/s² . What does the scale read? (1) 0 N (2) 250 N (3) 500 N (4) 1000 N (5) 2000 N
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