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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:50pm.

A 86-kg man stands on a spring scale in an elevator. Starting from rest, the elevator ascends, attaining its maximum speed of 1.2 m/s in 0.86 s

what does the spring scale measure in the first .86 seconds of the elevator's ascent?

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:25pm
acceleration= changevelocyt/time figure that out.

scale reading= mg+ma

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