TED-Ed

Would you weigh less in an elevator? - Carol Hedden

TV-PG
2012 • E85    Nov 19, 2012    10m
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.

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