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Posted by ABC123DOREMI on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 3:35pm.

If a 150 pound man walks onto an elevator. Suddenly it rises rapidly from the 1st to 14th floor. if the man steps onto a scale in the elevator during the rapid rise, he would weigh...

A) 150 pounds
B) More than 150 pounds
C) Less than 150 pounds

Please explain, thank you.

science - PsyDAG, Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 7:13pm
Is the scale rising as fast as the elevator and man?

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