Determine the acceleration of the elevator

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Problem: A man is standing on a scale inside an elevator. As the elevator starts to go up with an acceleration a, the scale reads 831 N. The mass of the man is m = 64 kg.

Part I: Determine the acceleration of the elevator.

m/s²

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