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Question

you walk into an elevator, step onto a scale, and push the "up" button. You also recall that your normal weight is W=660 N

A. Make a free-body diagram of your body if the elevator has an acceleration of magnitude a= 2.46 m/s^2

B. What does the scale read with the conditions given in part (A)?
F= ____N

C.If you start holding a 3.55kg package by a light vertical string, make a free-body diagram of the package.

D.What will be the tension in the string in part (C) once the elevator begins accelerating?

Explanation / Answer

F = 1632N