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Given information

Mass of person  

Downward acceleration of the elevator  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Case 1: The  elevator is at rest

When the elevator is at rest then acceleration  

There are two forces acting on the person weight in a downward direction and normal force in upward direction.

According to Newton's second law of motion , so

 

 

 

The scale read in kg is

 

 

 

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