Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 9:56am.

A large fish hangs from a spring balance supported from the roof of an elevator.

If the elevator has an upward acceleration of 2.85m/s^2 and the balance reads 60.0N , what is the true weight of the fish?
Under what circumstances will the balance read 39.0N ?

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