Timeline for If a man stands in an elevator, why does the elevator experience a normal reaction force downwards from the man?
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| Mar 28, 2017 at 4:15 | comment | added | Error 404 | @thisisaphysicsquestion If lift was still, then the normal force would be exactly equal to the weight of the man. But here lift is accelerating. So normal force is due to weight of the man and the acceleration of the lift. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 20:39 | comment | added | thisisaphysicsquestion | So would I be right in saying that the lift feels the reaction force downwards due to N3L; lift exerts reaction force on man due to his weight => lift feels reaction force downwards as an equal and opposite reaction. | |
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 16:00 | history | answered | Error 404 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |