A 62-kg man stands on a bathroom scale inside an elevator. The scale measures in units of newtons.   (a)The elevator accelerates upward from rest at a rate of 1.10 m/s2 for 1.50 s. What does the scale read during this 1.50 s interval?   (b)The elevator continues upward at constant velocity for 8.50 s. What does the scale read now?   (c)While still moving upward, the elevator's speed decreases at a rate of 0.750 m/s2 for 3.00 s. What is the scale reading during this time?

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A 62-kg man stands on a bathroom scale inside an elevator. The scale measures in units of newtons.
 
(a)The elevator accelerates upward from rest at a rate of 1.10 m/s2 for 1.50 s. What does the scale read during this 1.50 s interval?
 
(b)The elevator continues upward at constant velocity for 8.50 s. What does the scale read now?
 
(c)While still moving upward, the elevator's speed decreases at a rate of 0.750 m/s2 for 3.00 s. What is the scale reading during this time?
 
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The expression for the reading on the bathroom scale as the elevator moves upwards is given below. Here, m is the mass of a person, a is the acceleration of the elevator and g is an acceleration due to Earth’s gravity.

W=ma+g=62kg1.1m/s2+9.8m/s2=675.8N

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