[单选题]
A person of weight 480 N stands on a scaltbz)1 0k 9ces 5vusp;me in an edf+fj* gv..l uh90r pzlevator. What will the scale be reading when the elez*.j df0+gr.u fpvh9lvator is accelerating downward at $4.00 \; m/s^2$?
A. $196 \; N$
B. $284 \; N$
C. $676 \; N$
D. $480 \; N$