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If you're standing on scales in a spaceship and it starts accelerating, the scales will show a weight even though no force is acting directly on you (other than
by sebzim4500 4y ago
If you're standing on scales in a spaceship and it starts accelerating, the scales will show a weight even though no force is acting directly on you (other than the contact force between you and the scales).
- SpaghettiCthulu 4y agoDoes the force of the scale (presumably on the ground) accelerating up towards you with the rest of the spaceship not count?
- kazinator 4y ago> accelerating ... no force F = ma