You Are Standing on a Bathroom Scale in an Elevator

question 19

Multiple Choice

You are standing on a bathroom scale in an elevator that is not moving, and the scale reads 500 N. If the elevator were instead moving downward at a constant velocity of 4.50 m/s, what would the scale read?

• A) 100 N
• B) 450 N
• C) 500 N
• D) 750 N
• E) 250 N

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