An elevator begins to move downward with a uniform acceleration of
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Problem
An elevator begins to move downward with a uniform acceleration of 2ms−2. How will the reading of a scale for any passenger change compared to the reading when the elevator is at rest?
(a) It increases by about 20%
(b) It remains unchanged
(c) It decreases by about 20%
(d) It becomes zero