How to Gain and Lose Weight

You can gain and lose weight just by standing on your bathroom scale in an accelerating elevator. In this problem, we'll look at what happens if there's constant velocity, positive and negative acceleration, and also free fall motion (yikes!).

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Aurora says:

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Elevators have automatic braking systems, you can read more about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator#Controls
ksoh says:

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Any suggestions for what to do if you are stuck in an elevator where the cable snapped?

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