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but how could it be that the apparent weight of him is greater when it is changing directions? at that instant he is stationary (only acceleration is gravity) so he should weigh exactly as he did before.

nope. I thought it was both 1 and 2 beacuse if the elevator is decelerating downward his apparent weight would be greater also. BUT the correct answer is all three! This was a question on my physics test. I personally think it is the trickiest most sneaky question to put on a test. Here is the...

Bob is standing on an ordinary bathroom scale in an elevator. He glances down at the scale, and notes that the reading is greater than his weight. Consider the following situations: (i) The elevator is traveling upward. (ii) The elevator is traveling downward. (iii) The elevator is...