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A man of weight W is standing on a lift which is moving upward with an acceleration a. The apparent wieght of the man is

A man of weight W is standing on a lift which is moving upward with an acceleration a. The apparent wieght of the man is
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A man of weight W is standing on a lift which is moving upward with an acceleration a. The apparent wieght of the man is

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about 85 pounds I think
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User Mxscho
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See, I think the new weight would be:
W1 = m(g + a) = mg + ma = W + ma = W + (W/g)a
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