Question

A female whose mass is 130 kilograms is standing on a scale in an elevator that has an initial downward velocity of 6 meters per second and is accelerating upward at 7 meters per second. What's the magnitude of the apparent weight indicated by the scale?

Answer 1

force=weigh+mass*acceleration
= mass(g+a)

the initial velocity is without any meaning.

Answer 2

again-set up?