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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A 71 kg person stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator. What does the scale read if the elevator is ascending with acceleration of 3.0m/s^2?

OpenStudy (masumanwar):

the resultant gravitational acceleration will be 9.81 +.3 = 10.21 m /sec2 and the weight will be 71*10.21=721.94 newton

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