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Which of the following is true about your net force if you are standing stationary on a bathroom scale?
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.
Before the elevator starts moving, his normal force (Fn) is greater than his weight (Fg) because he is standing up.
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?