You place a bathroom scale on a wheel-chair ramp and weigh yourself. If your scale continues to function properly while an angle, which of the following is true about the weight reading as compared with using the scale on level surface?
a) It reads more because the normal force on your feet is increased.
b) It reads less because the normal force exerted on your feet is reduced.
c) The reading is the same because all of the forces on you remain the same.
d) It reads less because the gravitational force on you is decreased.
e)It reads more because the gravitational force on you is increased

Question

You place a bathroom scale on a wheel-chair ramp and weigh yourself. If your scale continues to function properly while an angle, which of the following is true about the weight reading as compared with using the scale on level surface?
a) It reads more because the normal force on your feet is increased.
b) It reads less because the normal force exerted on your feet is reduced.
c) The reading is the same because all of the forces on you remain the same.
d) It reads less because the gravitational force on you is decreased.
e)It reads more because the gravitational force on you is increased

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