The answers are mentioned below.
What is Acceleration ?
Acceleration is the change of speed with respect to time.
It is given that ,
The mass of the person is 50kg
Weight is 490 N
He has boarded an elevator with a bathroom scale.
1. The elevator is going down at constant speed , Force = 0N as acceleration is zero , The reading is 50kg.
2. The elevator is going up an slowing down . The magnitude of the acceleration is 4.9 m/sq.s , Force = mass * acceleration = 50 * 4.9 = 245N acting upward but the net force will be acting downward.
490 - 245 = 145N , reading 14.79 kg.
3.The elevator is free falling with an acceleration of 9.8m/sq.s force 0 N , as the gravitational force is pulling you down and the scale pushes up with the same force , Reading is 0 kg.
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