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Question 5.8: A person weighs a fish of mass m on a spring scale attached ...

A person weighs a fish of mass m on a spring scale attached to the ceiling of an elevator, as illustrated in Figure 5.13. Show that if the elevator accelerates either upward or downward, the spring scale gives a reading that is different from the weight of the fish.

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