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a 95kg man standing on a bathroom scale in an elevator calculate the reading of the scale if the elevator accelerates upward at a rate of 1.50m/s^2 and suppose it moves upward at a constant speed of 1m/s​

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Step-by-step explanation:

You have conflicting statements....first you say it is accelerating....then you say it is constant speed.

Here is the force if the elevator is accelerating

95 ( 1.5 + 9.81) = 1074 N (if the scale reads N)

If the scale reads KG then 1074/9.81 = 109.5 kg

If the elevator is constant speed his weight will not change 95kg (932 N)

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