Tension elevator on a scale problem

[freepancakes]

a 71 kg man is standing in an elevator on a scale. the elevator is traveling up with an acceleration of 3 m/s^2. what does the scale read the weight of the man as?

thanks guys!

 

[freepancakes]

would you use F=ma and then find the diffrence and get a "new" acceleration for gravity which would be greater?

 

[LowlyPion]

would you use F=ma and then find the diffrence and get a "new" acceleration for gravity which would be greater?

Basically yes.

F = m*a = m*(g + a)