Suppose you are standing on a bathroom scale when you are flying in a jet airplane. For a moment the scale reads more than your actual weight. During that moment, it's exerting an upward force on you that is greater than your weight and you are
A) accelerating upward.
B) accelerating downward.
C) not accelerating.
D) accelerating sideways.

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When the scale reads more than your actual weight, it means the net force acting on you is upward, causing you to accelerate upward. This is because the scale must exert an additional force to not only support your weight but also to accelerate you upwards, according to Newton's second law of motion.

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