A 63 kg student is standing atop a spring in an elevator that is accelerating upward at 2.5 m/s^2 . The spring constant is 2700 N/m.

Question

By how much is the spring compressed?

Answer 1

m(g+a)=kx
x=m(g+a)/k

Answer 2

-0.287m

Answer 3

Its postive you dummy

Answer 4

.224