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You are riding in an elevator that is accelerating upward. Suppose you stand on a scale. The reading on the scale is __________. You are riding in an elevator that is accelerating upward. Suppose you stand on a scale. The reading on the scale is __________. less than your true weight greater than your true weight equal to your true weight

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Answer:

Option B, weight greater than your true weight

Step-by-step explanation:

When a person stand on a scale in an elevator, his inertia tries to remain constant and stable. Thus when a lift starts moving upward it presses against the feet of that person in order to lift him/her up. In doing so an apparent weight is applied on the person which do not change with speed and it is due to this weight that scale shows a higher reading when elevator moves up.

Hence, option B is correct.

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