A spring scale A is fastened to the roof of an elevator as shown in Figure 1. Knowing that when the elevator moves downward with an acceleration of 2 m/s? the spring scale indicates a load of 75 N, determine (a) the weight of the packages, (b) the load indicated by the spring scale when the elevator moves upward with an acceleration of 2.5 m/s?. Figure 1

A spring scale A is fastened to the roof of an elevator as shown in Figure 1. Knowing that when the elevator moves downward with an acceleration of 2 m/s? the spring scale indicates a load of 75 N, determine (a) the weight of the packages, (b) the load indicated by the spring scale when the elevator moves upward with an acceleration of 2.5 m/s?. Figure 1

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