College Physics
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ISBN: 9780134601823
Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 3, Problem 33P
* Astronaut Karen Nyberg, a 60-kg astronaut, sits on a bathroom scale in a rocket that is taking off vertically with an acceleration of 3g. What does the scale read?
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