Recent content by AoshiShinomori

I went ahead and edited the original with all my work. I wouldn't have posted, but I didn't want anyone to think I hadn't done the work.

This one got me. Any help? Regardless of if its being homework, respond if you can. A life preserver with a volume of .05m^3 will support a 80kg person with a specific gravity of .92, in seawater, specific gravity of 1.03, the person is 20% above water(volume-wise) and the preserver is...

Both ways work, I took a different approach, but my answer also comes out to be 1.17.

Okay, for your first problem, the increase in weight, in Newtons, occurs becaus the elevator moves up. For instance, when you're in an elevator, you feel heavier when going up, vice versa for going down, you feel lighter. For the problem itself, you might be able to use F=Ma, where your force...