A 65 kg student stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator that accelerates downward at

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Problem

3.0\,\text{m/s}^2

. What reading will the scale display? (a)

8.3 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}

(b)

4.4 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}

(c)

2.0 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}

(d)

6.4 \times 10^{2}\ \text{N}