Recent content by Durden

I believe if you use a Taylor Series expansion(which I believe is a power series), you should be able to approximate it using this formula:

I believe your main problem is that you don't have the equation d = vt + (1/2)at^2 ; where v is initial velocity, t is time, and a is your acceleration. Once you break the acceleration into it's x and y components, you should be able to get both the x and y distances with the above...

I believe you should solve the equation like this F = m*a since you are accelerating upwards a > 9.8m/s^2 Using the given force and the given weight you can find the "new" acceleration. Using that acceleration you can find the force on the scale caused by the women. Then using that force...