Chapter 1: Q45P (page 127)
After an annual checkup, you leave your physician鈥檚 office, where you weighed 683 N. You then get into an elevator that, conveniently, has a scale. Find the magnitude and direction of the elevator鈥檚 acceleration if the scale reads (a) 725 Nand (b) 595 N.
Short Answer
(a) The magnitude of the elevator鈥檚 acceleration isand it is in the upwards direction.
(b) The magnitude of the elevator鈥檚 acceleration isand it is in the downwards direction as indicated by negative sign.
