Question

4. A person stands in an elevator. The person has a mass of 6.0 x 10¹ kg. Calculate the apparent weight of the person when the elevator is accelerating downwards at 2.5 m/s². 

Answer 1

The apparent weight of the person

$$P=m(g-a)=60\:\rm kg\times(9.8-2.5)=438\: N$$