Suppose you are standing on a scale and see that you weigh 580 Newtons.  The scale goes in with a downward acceleration of 2.9 m/s2.  The scale never accelerated downward at 9.8 m/s2. But if it had, what would the scale have read then?

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Suppose you are standing on a scale and see that you weigh 580 Newtons. 

The scale goes in with a downward acceleration of 2.9 m/s2.  The scale never accelerated downward at 9.8 m/s2. But if it had, what would the scale have read then?

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