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15 October, 02:17

You stand on a bathroom scale in a moving elevator. what happens to the scale reading if the cable holding the elevator suddenly breaks?

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  1. 15 October, 02:21
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    A bathroom scales works due to gravity. Under normal conditions, a reading can be obtained when your body is pushing some force on the scale. However in this case, since you and the scale are both moving downwards, so your body is no longer pushing on the scale. Therefore the answer is:

    The reading will drop to 0 instantly
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