Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 59SP
A 700-N man stands on a scale on the floor of an elevator. The scale records the force
it exerts on whatever is on it. What is the scale reading if the elevator has an
acceleration of (a)
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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