A person stands on a scale inside an elevator at rest. The scale reads w= 773 N what is the person's mass? the elevator accelerates upward momentarily at the rate of a =4 m/s ^2 what does the scale read then?  the elevator then moves with a steady speed of 4 m/s what does the scale read now?

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A person stands on a scale inside an elevator at rest. The scale reads w= 773 N

what is the person's mass?

the elevator accelerates upward momentarily at the rate of a =4 m/s ^2 what does the scale read then? 

the elevator then moves with a steady speed of 4 m/s what does the scale read now?

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The scale reads

W = 773 N

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