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Posted by Meghan on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 3:39pm.

A person stands on a bathroom scale in a motionless elevator. When the elevator begins to move, the scale briefly reads only 0.71 of the person's regular weight. Calculate the acceleration of the elevator, and find the direction of acceleration.

physics - Anonymous, Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 9:23pm
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