Apparent Weight & Lift
A lift is moving down with acceleration A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift. The acceleration of the ball as observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on the ground are respectively
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Answer: (c)
- Ground observer: once released, only gravity acts, so ball's acceleration is .
- Lift observer: relative acceleration (both accelerate downward).
- So the answer is (c) , .