A simple elevator ride can teach you quite a bit about the normal force. Consider three...

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A simple elevator ride can teach you quite a bit about the normal force. Consider three different scenarios detailing a passenger's experience in an unnamed hotel elevator. For each scenario, calculate the normal force FN, i = 1,2,3, that acts on the passenger. The passenger's mass is m = 78.1 kg, and the acceleration due to gravity g = 9.81 m/s. In scenario 1, the elevator has a constant upward velocity. Scenario 1 Constant velocity FN,1= N In scenario 2, the elevator moves upward with an upward acceleration of a2 = 5.51 m/s. FN.2 = N L Scenario 2 In scenario 3, the cable breaks and the elevator falls downward with acceleration a3 = g = 9.81 m/s. Scenario 3 FN,3 = N A simple elevator ride can teach you quite a bit about the normal force. Consider three different scenarios detailing a passenger's experience in an unnamed hotel elevator. For each scenario, calculate the normal force FN, i = 1,2,3, that acts on the passenger. The passenger's mass is m = 78.1 kg, and the acceleration due to gravity g = 9.81 m/s. In scenario 1, the elevator has a constant upward velocity. Scenario 1 Constant velocity FN,1= N In scenario 2, the elevator moves upward with an upward acceleration of a2 = 5.51 m/s. FN.2 = N L Scenario 2 In scenario 3, the cable breaks and the elevator falls downward with acceleration a3 = g = 9.81 m/s. Scenario 3 FN,3 = N