If you are standing on a weighing scale in an elevator what happens to your weight if the elevator accelerates up or accelerates down?

Are you going to weigh less, weigh more or the same?

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Nia Black

31 May, 08:48

If you are standing on a weighing scale in an elevator what happens to your weight if the elevator accelerates up or accelerates down?

Are you going to weigh less, weigh more or the same?

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Finnegan Holmes · Answer 1

When moving upwards, the normal force from the weighing scale on the person increases so the weight appears to increase. The opposite holds true when the elevator goes downwards.

If you are standing on a weighing scale in an elevator what happens to your weight if the elevator accelerates up or accelerates down?Are you going to weigh less, weigh more or the same?

If you are standing on a weighing scale in an elevator what happens to your weight if the elevator accelerates up or accelerates down?

Are you going to weigh less, weigh more or the same?