A Man Stands on a Spring Scale in a Moving

question 73

Multiple Choice

A man stands on a spring scale in a moving elevator and notices that the scale reading is 20% larger than when he weighs himself in his bathroom. Which statement can not be true?

• A)The tension in the supporting cable must exceed the weight of the elevator and its contents.
• B)The speed of the elevator changes by equal amounts in equal times.
• C)The elevator could be moving upward with increasing speed.
• D)The elevator could be moving downward with decreasing speed.
• E)The elevator could be moving upward at constant speed.

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