Chapter
4
Newton's Three Laws
Part
8
Example 12
A
5.0 kg salmon is weighed by hanging it from a fish scale attached
to the ceiling of an elevator. What is the apparent weight of
the salmon,
,
if the elevator (a) is at rest, (b) moves with an upward acceleration
of
,
or (c) moves with a downward acceleration of
?

Solution
Incline
Planes