Consider a person standing on a scale in an elavator. If the elevator accelerates upwards with an acceleration of 1.21 m/s^2 and the person has a mass of 102.9 kg, what would the scale read?

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Consider a person standing on a scale in an elavator. If the elevator accelerates upwards with an acceleration of 1.21 m/s^2 and the person has a mass of 102.9 kg, what would the scale read? 

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