Apparent Weight & Lift
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: An elevator can go up or down with uniform speed when its weight is balanced with the tension of its cable.
Statement II: Force exerted by the floor of an elevator on the foot of a person standing on it is more than his/her weight when the elevator goes down with increasing speed.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Answer: (d)
- Statement I: uniform speed means , so . True.
- Statement II: going down with increasing speed means is downward, so . False.
- So the answer is (d) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.