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Physics — Person in an Accelerating Lift

Apparent weight when the lift accelerates upward.

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Person in an accelerating liftPersonNormal N (apparent weight)W = mg

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title "Person in an accelerating lift"
body Person at 330,240 size 110,95 label "Person"
force N on Person vector 0,-185 color blue label "Normal N (apparent weight)"
force W on Person vector 0,150 color red label "W = mg"