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A 50 kg person stands on a scale in an elevator accelerating UP at 2 m/s². Scale reading:Read the answer and worked solution →Two equal masses (3 kg each) connected by a light string over a frictionless pulley. One on smooth horizontal table, other hangs over edge. Acceleration?Read the answer and worked solution →A pendulum of mass m swings to amplitude angle θ. At the lowest point of swing, the TENSION in the string equals:Read the answer and worked solution →A car of mass 1000 kg moving at 36 km/h is stopped by brakes in 5 seconds. Average force exerted by brakes:Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: what Aristotle got wrongRead the answer and worked solution →Complete Newton's first lawRead the answer and worked solution →Which law is this?Read the answer and worked solution →MomentumRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: inertia and forceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement the first law licensesRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: name with contributionRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Order the historical argumentRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the work-energy theoremRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: conservative forcesRead the answer and worked solution →Conservative or not?Read the answer and worked solution →Reading the theoremRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every test for a conservative forceRead the answer and worked solution →Order the reasoning: from work to speedRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: term with meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: energy bookkeepingRead the answer and worked solution →Speeds up, slows down, or neither?Read the answer and worked solution →Applying the work-energy theoremRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: potential energyRead the answer and worked solution →

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A 50 kg person stands on a scale in an elevator accelerating UP at 2 m/s². Scale reading:

  1. 400 N
  2. 500 N
  3. 600 N
  4. 700 N
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Correct answer: C. 600 N

Apparent weight = m(g + a) = 50 × (10 + 2) = 50 × 12 = 600 N. (Going up: scale reads MORE than at rest weight of 500 N. Going down/free fall: less.)

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Two equal masses (3 kg each) connected by a light string over a frictionless pulley. One on smooth horizontal table, other hangs over edge. Acceleration?

  1. g/2 = 5 m/s²
  2. g/4 = 2.5 m/s²
  3. g = 10 m/s²
  4. Zero
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Correct answer: A. g/2 = 5 m/s²

**Hanging mass:** T = m(g - a). Mass on table: T = ma. **Equating:** m(g - a) = ma → g - a = a → a = g/2 = 5 m/s². (Atwood-like setup with no friction.)

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A pendulum of mass m swings to amplitude angle θ. At the lowest point of swing, the TENSION in the string equals:

  1. mg
  2. mg(2 − cos θ)
  3. mg(3 − 2cos θ)
  4. 2mg sin θ
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Correct answer: C. mg(3 − 2cos θ)

**At the lowest point:** T − mg = mv²/L (centripetal). v² at bottom = 2gL(1 − cos θ) (energy conservation from amplitude). We have So T = mg + 2mg(1 − cos θ). So So T = mg(3 − 2cos θ). For θ = 60°: T = mg(3 − 1) = 2mg.

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