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A person who normally weighs 700 N is riding in a rather swift elevator that is moving at a constant speed of 9.8 m/s. If this person is standing on a bathroom scale inside the elevator, what would the scale read?

User Dobrivoje
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Answer:

700N

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Weight=700N,

Speed= 9.8m/s

At constant speed, acceleration = 0 (thus no change in mass)

The weight therefore remains 700N

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