Laws of Motion

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Question 72 of 210

A lift is moving down with acceleration a. 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) g - a, g

Man in the lift is in a non - inertial frame so we have to take into account the pseudo acceleration

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