At the bow of a ship on a stormy sea, a crewman conducts an experiment by standing on a bathroom scale. In calm waters, the scale reads 182lbs. During the storm, the crewman finds a max reading of 225lbs and a minimum reading of 138lbs A. find the max upward acceleration B. find the max downward acceleration

use apparent weight formulas

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11 January, 05:14

At the bow of a ship on a stormy sea, a crewman conducts an experiment by standing on a bathroom scale. In calm waters, the scale reads 182lbs. During the storm, the crewman finds a max reading of 225lbs and a minimum reading of 138lbs A. find the max upward acceleration B. find the max downward acceleration

use apparent weight formulas

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Bentley Snow · Answer 1

We use the mass of the crew man is equivalent to his weight in calm water:

m = 182 lb

Now, the maximum downward acceleration:

(225 - 182) / 182 = a

a = 0.24 ft/s²

The maximum upward acceleration:

(182 - 138) / 182 = a

a = 0.24 ft/s²