You are riding in an elevator that is accelerating upward. Suppose you stand on a scale. The reading on the scale is __________.
You are riding in an elevator that is accelerating upward. Suppose you stand on a scale. The reading on the scale is __________. less than your true weight greater than your true weight equal to your true weight
When a person stand on a scale in an elevator, his inertia tries to remain constant and stable. Thus when a lift starts moving upward it presses against the feet of that person in order to lift him/her up. In doing so an apparent weight is applied on the person which do not change with speed and it is due to this weight that scale shows a higher reading when elevator moves up.
