QUESTION 27 A 60.7-kg man standing on a bathroom scale in an elevator. Calculate the scale reading, in kg, if the elevator accelerates upward at a rate of 1.76 m/s2. Normal format and 3 SF.

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A 60.7-kg man standing on a bathroom scale in an elevator. Calculate the scale reading, in kg, if the elevator accelerates upward at a rate of 1.76 m/s2. Normal format and 3 SF.
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