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You walk into an elevator, step onto a scale, and push the "down" button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor. You also recall that your normal weight is w = 615 N. If the elevator has an initial acceleration of magnitude 2.45 m/s2, what does the scale read?

Name: you walk into an elevator step onto a scale and push the down button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor you also recall that your normal weight is w 615 n if the elevator 23913
Uploaded: 2022-06-15T03:15:37-08:00
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Channel: Dominique Jan Tan
Description: you walk into an elevator step onto a scale and push the down button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor you also recall that your normal weight is w 615 n if the elevator 23913

          You walk into an elevator, step onto a scale, and push the "down" button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor. You also recall that your normal weight is w = 615 N. 
If the elevator has an initial acceleration of magnitude 2.45 m/s2, what does the scale read?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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Solved by Expert Dominique Jan Tan

06/15/2022

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You walk into an elevator, step onto a scale, and push the "down" button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor. You also recall that your normal weight is w = 615 N. If the elevator has an initial acceleration of magnitude 2.45 m/s2, what does the scale read?