Flaca has brought a bathroom scale with her in an elevator and is standing on it....

Flaca has brought a bathroom scale with her in an elevator and is standing on it. Just before the elevator arrives at the top floor, as the car is slowing down, she notices that according to the scale, her weight appears to be off by 3% from its normal value W.

What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the elevator?

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Here the elevator is decelerating in upward direction(or accelerating in downwards direction).This means the person will observe lesser weight

Let the actual weight be mg and let deceleration be a

(mg-m(g-a))/mg = 0.03

a/g = 0.03

a=0.294 m/s²

Therefore, the deceleration of elevator in upward direction is 0.294 m/s²

genius_generous answered 1 year ago

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