3. A person who normally weighs 700 N is riding in a rather swift elevator that

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3. 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?
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?

a. more than 700 N
b. 700 N
c. less than 700 N
d. It could be more or less than 700 N, depending on whether the elevator is going up or down.

Explanation / Answer

Same 700 N

elevator is not accelrating.

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