Anjay’s mass is 70 kg. He is standing on a scale in an elevator that is moving at 5.0 m/s. As the elevator slows to a stop, the scale reads 750 N. Before it stopped, was the elevator moving up or down? How long did the elevator take to come to rest?

Anjay’s mass is 70 kg. He is standing on a scale in an elevator that is moving at 5.0 m/s. As the elevator slows to a stop, the scale reads 750 N. Before it stopped, was the elevator moving up or down? How long did the elevator take to come to rest?

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