Would you weigh less in an elevator? – Carol Hedden
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What happens when you jump in a moving elevator? Do you weigh more when you’re going up and less when you’re going down? Carol Hedden explores the relationship between gravity, weight, and relative motion, using a moving elevator to explain the fascinating physics.
Lesson by Carol Hedden, animation by London Squared Productions.



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