You Are Going Up in an Elevator That Is Accelerating

question 68

Multiple Choice

You are going up in an elevator that is accelerating upward on Earth and your apparent weight is measured to be 120% of your weight on Earth. Suppose you were to go in an elevator with the same acceleration on Mars, where acceleration due to gravity is 3.71 m/s². What will be your apparent weight comparing to your weight on Earth?

• A) 37.1%
• B) 100%
• C) 120%
• D) 57.8%
• E) 44.5%

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Tenure Of Office Act

1867 law that required the president to obtain Senate approval to remove any official whose appointment had also required Senate approval; President Andrew Johnson’s violation of the law by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton led to Johnson’s impeachment.

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