Question

You know your mass is 62 kg, but when you stand on a bathroom scale in an elevator, it says your mass is 77 kg. What is the acceleration of the elevator, and in which direction?

Answer 1

Hey mate.


Here is ur ans


Mass=62 kg

M2=77kg


the free-body diagram of a person in an elevator. Consider up as the positive direction. The weight of the person acts in the downward direction, and the normal reaction is in the upward direction.


Hope it helps u:-D ✌

Answer 2

If the mass has been increased in an elevator then the reason could be because the elevator is accelerating upwards with an acceleration 'a'. Then the our mass gets change which is explained all in the image that follows.

The final answer is that the acceleration of the elevator = 2.4 m/s^2

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