A 33-kg boy rides an elevator. He brought a bathroom scale with him and was very curious of what will be the reading when the elevator moves up and down. If the bathroom scale reading is 45 kg, determine the magnitude and direction of the elevator’s acceleration.

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A: Given that:-Weight of student=mg=200NUpward acceleration, a=2.00m/s2We know thatApparent weight of a…

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A: Given: The mass of the girl is 52 kg. The mass of the skateboard is 1.5 kg. The acceleration of the…

Q: A physics student, in a stationary elevator, places a 250.0 g mass on an electronic balance. The…

A: Given  mass (m) =250.0 g balance reading (mb)=262.0 g Required acceleration of elevator (a)=?

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Q: Zach, whose mass is 77 kg, is in an elevator descending at 12 m/s. The elevator takes 3.2 s to brake…

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Q: Bob pushes on a frictionless cart of mass 6.8 kg and the cart has an acceleration of 1.2 m/s2. If…

A: Mass, m = 6.8 kg Acceleration, abob = 1.2 m/s² Acceleration, abill = ?

Q: A child’s model boat, when placed in a creek, accelerates from rest at 1.4 m/s2. If the river is…

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Q: brenda pushes a box horizontally with a force of 200 N (F=200N).  The mass of the box is 50 kg.…

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Q: A force of 1.8 N is applied horizontally to a 683 g cereal box that is at rest on a horizontal…

A: As the box is not moving vertically that means the vertical forces are balanced that is : N = mg…

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Q: A child’s model boat, when placed in a creek, accelerates from rest at 1.51 m/s2. If the river is…

A: Initial velocity = 0 msAcceleration (a) = 1.51 ms2Force (F) = 0.79 N

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Q: A 2,056.6 kg elevator is moving upward at a speed of 7.4 m/s. If it takes the elevator 5.4 s to come…

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Q: You place tomatoes in the pan of a hanging spring scale and find that they weigh 2.9 lb. You measure…

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Q: You are standing on the floor of a stationary elevator.  You weigh 99.7 kg, what is the magnitude of…

A: Given  Mass of man m=99.7kg Free body diagram is shown below

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Q: An elevator has a scale that measures the normal force between the contents and the floor. What…

A: Given:Mass,m= 960 kg Accelerating,a=1.5 m/s2Find  force will the scale.Now, Now,The elevator is…

Q: Two ropes are attached to a 40 kg object.  The rope with a 50 N force points along a direction 43…

A: Given:- The mass of the object m = 40 kg   The rope with a 50 N force points along a direction 43…

Q: An 800 lb person stands in an elevator that moves upward slowing with a g/4 downward acceleration.…

A: Draw the free-body diagram of the person.

Q: A scale in the elevator’s floor measures the weight of the passengers, and it has the correct value…

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Q: A student with a mass of 68 kg gets on a ferris wheel that rotates at a constant speed. When the…

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Q: A crate (20 kg) is hung in an elevator by a cord rated to withstand a tension of 500 N. The elevator…

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Q: A teacup fell was left on the wing of a fighter jet and did not fall until the jet was already very…

A: When object falls with a constant velocity the drag force on it is equal to the gravitational force…

Q: A person weights 686 Newtons. On their way home they see an Ice patch .they run and slide across the…

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Q: A physics student, in a stationary elevator, places a 240.0 g mass on an electronic balance. The…

A: Given: The actual mass of the object is 240 g. The apparent mass of the object is 292 g.

Q: A person weighing 879. N rides in an elevator that has a downward acceleration of 1.37 m/s2. What is…

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Q: A flea jumps by exerting a force of 1.32 × 10-5 N straight down on the ground. A breeze blowing on…

A: Given Force exerted by the flea on the ground is Fflea=1.32×10-5 N Force due to the breeze parallel…

Q: A person whose weight is 508 N is being pulled up vertically by a rope from the bottom of a cave…

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Q: The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the ramp is 0.15, the mass is 25.4 kg, and…

A: Given data *The given mass of the box is m = 25.4 kg *The angle is θ=150 *The coefficient of kinetic…

Q: During your winter break, you enter a sled race. You push the sled with a force of 210 N at 30.0°…

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Q: A 26.84 kg dog jumps on a 86.86 kg bed. As the dog walks around on the bed, what is the average…

A: mass of dog = m1 =26.84 kg mass of bed = m2 = 86.86 kg

Q: The acceleration due to gravity on a newly discovered minor planet orbiting a star is 2.5× m/s2.…

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Q: A 1000-kg elevator is rising and its speed is increasing at 3 m/s². The tension force of the cable…

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Q: You are given two masses, m₁ and m2, strapped on a pulley with a rope. m₁-13 kg and m2-17 kg. What…

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Q: A 5 kg block is propelled across a horizontal surface with a force of 20 N, opposed by a friction…

A: given data mass M = 5 kg force F = 20 N frictional force f = 10 N acceleration = ?

Q: A 314 kg elevator accelerates downward at 2.7 m/s/s. What is the tension in the cable supporting it?

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