College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 9MCP
A woman normally weighs 125 lb. If she is standing on a spring scale in an elevator that is traveling downward, but slowing up, the scale will read
- A. more than 125 lb.
- B. 1251b.
- C. less than 125 lb.
- D. It is impossible to answer this question without knowing the acceleration of the elevator.
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