During an episode of turbulence in an airplane you feel 170 n heavier than usual. if your mass is 73 kg, what are the magnitude and direction of the airplane's acceleration?

The weight of a 73 kg person is

(73 kg) * (9.8 m/s²) = 715.4 N

When the plane accelerates upward, the inertial force acting on the person

(170 N) makes the person feel heavier.

Therefore the airplanes upward acceleration, a, is given by

(73 kg) * (a m/s²) = 170 N

a = 2.3288 m/s²

Answer: 2.329 m/s², upward.