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Apparent Weight & Lift

The weight of man in lift moving in upward direction with an acceleration 'a' is $660$ N. When the lift moves in the downward direction with the same acceleration, his weight is found to be $380$ N. The real weight of the man when the lift is at rest is

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Answer: (c)

Up: $m(g + a) = 660$ ; down: $m(g - a) = 380$ .
Add: $2mg = 1040 \Rightarrow mg = 520$ N
So the answer is (c) $520$ N.

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