d) What does the bathroom scale register during the first 1.22 s? Answer in unit

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d) What does the bathroom scale register during the first 1.22 s? Answer in units of N. (Hint: use the result from part c.)A 44 kg man stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator. Starting from rest, the elevator ascends, attaining its maximum speed of 1.90 m/s in 1.22 s. It travels with this constant speed in the upward direction for the next 7.80 s. The elevator then slows down (undergoes a uniform acceleration in the negative y direction) for 2.20 s and comes to rest.

a) What is the acceleration of the man during the first 1.22 s? Answer in units of m/s2 and use the upward direction as positive.

b) What does the bathroom scale register during the first 1.22 s? Answer in units of N. (Hint: use the result from part c.)

Explanation / Answer

a)

here

a = v / t

a = 1.90 / 1.22 = 1.557 m/s^2

c)

F = m * (g +a)

F = 44 * ( 9.8 + 1.557) = 500 N

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