What is the acceleration of the elevator

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Solve the all parts of given problem:

Problem: A person stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator that is accelerating upward. The scale reads a weight of 836.4. The same person takes a second reading while holding a box of mass 21.7 kg; the scale reads a weight of 1058.1 N.

Part A: What is the person's mass?

Part B: What is the acceleration of the elevator?

Please show each step to compute the acceleration of the elevator.

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