A woman stands on a bathroom scale in a motionless elevator. When the elevator begins to move, the scale briefly reads only 0.64 of her regular weight. Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the elevator.

The downwards acceleration is 3.53 m/s2.

Explanation:

Let the true weight is m g.

The reading of the balance, R = 0.64 mg

Let the acceleration is a.

As the apparent weight is less than the true weight so the elevator goes down wards with some acceleration.

Use Newton's second law

m g - R = m a

m g - 0.64 m g = m a

0.36 g = a

a = 3.53 m/s2

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