CBSE Class 9 Answered
A person is standing in an elevator. The situation in which he finds his weight less than actual is when :
a) the elevator moves upward with constant acceleration
b) The elevator moves downward with constant acceleration
c) The elevator moves upward with uniform velocity
d) The elevator moves downward with uniform velocity
justify the reason for the answer
Asked by Arpit Panda | 20 Oct, 2010, 12:00: AM
Expert Answer
Dear Student
Answer (b). The elevator moves downward with constant acceleration
Reason: Newton's third law of motion. If a body exerts a force on another, there is an equal and opposite force, called a reaction on the first body by the second. In Downward moving elevator (with a uniform acceleration), the man experiences an upward force. This reduces his weight.
In case of uniform velocity, Force= mas x acceleration is zero since acceleration is zero.
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