What is the force on a 1000 kg elevator that is falling freely at 9.8 m/s ?

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Chapter5: The Laws Of Motion
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Problem 5.8P: (a) A cat with a mass of 850 kg in moving to the right with a constant speed of 1.44 m/s. What is...
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The mass of the elevator is m=1000 kg

The accleration during the free fall is a=9.81 m/s2

 

During the free fall, there is only one force acting on the elevator and this force is the force due to gravity.

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