You are riding in an elevator and standing on a scale to measure your weight while holding a bust of your favorite Nobel Laureate (in Physics of course). What is the total mass in kg of you and the statue before the elevator begins to move and the scale reads 706N? (Show all steps.)
A. 50 kg
B. 72 kg
C. 70.6 kg
D. 74.5 kg
E. Other: _____
Scale reads weight = 706 N
you doesn’t feel any acceleration other than gravity until elevator start moving.
mg = 706
m = 706/9.8
m = 72.04 kg
m = 72 kg.........answer.
your mass is 72 kg before elevator start to moving.
You are riding in an elevator and standing on a scale to measure your weight while...