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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 1:43am.

A 67-kg man standing on a scale in an elevator notes that as the elevator rises, the scale reads 840 N. What is the acceleration of the elevator?

Physics - Elena, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 9:27am
W=840 N
W=m(g+a)
Solve for 'a'

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