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18 May, 15:58

A person stands on a scale in an elevator and has a weight of 850 Newtons. If the

reading on the scale changes to 500 Newtons, what is occurring?

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  1. 18 May, 16:50
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    Elevator is going down.

    Explanation:

    Given that,

    Weight of the person standing in the elevator, w = 850 N

    mg = 850 N

    The reading changes to W = 500 N

    The W can be expressed as

    W = (g±a) m N

    Since the mass is constant, the value of W can be lowered only by the '-a' value.

    The acceleration 'a' is negative for a person who is accelerating towards gravity.

    Hence, the elevator is going down.
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