Help me SOlve:
If you were in a freely falling elevator and you dropped a pencil, it would hover in front of you. Is there a force of gravity acting on the pencil? Defend your answer.

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Help me SOlve: 
 If you were in a freely falling elevator and you dropped a pencil, it would hover in front of you. Is there a force of gravity acting on the pencil? Defend your answer.

jfraser · Answer

is there a force of gravity acting on you while you're in the elevator?

unklerhaukus · Answer

F = ma, if there is acceleration there is a force

anonymous · Answer

Force of gravity is always present. Since your in a free falling elevator, it means that your apparent weight is zero (which is Fn=normal force). 

proof: since a=g
$F_{net}=F_g-F_n\F_n=F_g-F_{net}\F_n=mg-ma\F_n=mg-mg\F_n=0 N$

anonymous · Answer

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