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At the bow of a ship on a stormy sea, a crewman conducts an experiment by standing on a bathroom scale. In calm waters, the scale reads 179 . During the storm, the crewman finds a maximum reading of 222 and a minimum reading of 138 . Find the maximum upward acceleration experienced by the crewman Find the maximum downward acceleration experienced by the crewman.

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