Physics

Problem

A 65 kg student stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator that accelerates downward at

3.0\,\text{m/s}^2

. What reading will the scale display? a)

8.3 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}

4.4 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}

2.0 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}

6.4 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}