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Hisui
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Homework Statement
"During the launch, a rocket is accelerated with 20.0m/s^2 upward. A 105.0kg astronaut is more concerned about his weight than about his safety and is standing on a scale. What is the scale reading in kg?"
Homework Equations
F=ma and also 4.45N=1lb
The Attempt at a Solution
So, first I solved F=ma with the information given to get 2100N, and since I don't think that N can convert to kg with an equation, I took from the front of the book that 1kg=2.20lbs where g=9.80m/s^2, so I thought that I could figure out what 1kg was with an acceleration of 20m/s^2, and I got that 4.5lbs would equal 1kg.
I then took my previous answer of 2100N and converted it to 471.9lbs and divided by 4.51lbs, hoping to get the correct kg with the acceleration given, but I got 104.6 which seems very wrong (first, because it's almost exactly the starting weight and second, because it should be higher, not lower than the starting weight). Thoughts?