If the elevator cable breaks and you find yourself in a condition of apparent weightlessness as the
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If the elevator cable breaks and you find yourself in a condition of apparent weightlessness as the elevator falls, is the gravitational force acting upon you equal to zero? Explain.
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Physics of Everyday Phenomena A conceptual Introduction to physics
ISBN: 978-0073512112
6th edition
Authors: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet W. Brosing
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