Mastery Check 3-9 (b)

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Which of the following is true about your net force if you are standing stationary on a bathroom scale?

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Which of the following is true about the forces acting on you if you are in an elevator accelerating upwards?

A 32 kg boy is standing in an elevator.
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Before the elevator starts moving, his normal force (Fn) is greater than his weight (Fg) because he is standing up.

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What is the force of gravity pulling down on the boy?

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The elevator then starts accelerating downwards at 0.3 m/s2. What is the net force acting on the boy?

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Therefore, what is the normal force acting on the boy as the elevator accelerates downwards?