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A person stands on a bathroom scale in a motionless elevator. When the elevator begins to move, the scale briefly reads only 0.72 of the person's regular weight. Calculate the acceleration of the elevator, and find the direction of acceleration. I know that the direction of acceleration is...

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I know 3 equations of motion, but up until now I have only been looking for one variable or working with only one moving object... I'm not quite sure how to incorporate both moving objects into the equations I have. Could someone possibly lead me toward the process for finding the solution? Thanks.

I am stuck on this problem... A speeding motorist traveling 120 km/h passes a stationary police officer. The officer immediately begins pursuit at a constant acceleration of 10.2 km/h/s (note the mixed units). How much time will it take for the police officer to reach the speeder, assuming that...