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Description: You walk into an elevator, step onto a scale, and push the "down" button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor. You also recall that your normal weight is ww = 635 N If the elevator has an initial acceleration of magnitude 2.40 m/s2m

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You walk into an elevator, step onto a scale, and push the "down" button to go directly from the tenth floor to the first floor. You also recall that your normal weight is ww = 635 N

If the elevator has an initial acceleration of magnitude 2.40 m/s2m/s2, what does the scale read?

Express your answer in newtons.

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Normal weight of the person $W = 635 N$

initial acceleration of elevator $a = 2.40 m / s^{2}$

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