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Answer : 4. "down with acceleration"
The apparent weight of a person in a lift is less than the actual weight when the lift is moving?
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The apparent weight of a person in a lift is less than the actual weight when the lift is moving?
- 1up with accelerationfalse
- 2down at the same speedfalse
- 3up with uniform speedfalse
- 4down with accelerationtrue
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Answer : 4. "down with acceleration"
Explanation :
The apparent weight of a body in an elevator moving with downward acceleration is given by N = m ( g – a ) . Thus, the apparent weight of the body is less than the actual weight of the body.