Question

A man of mass 90 KG is standing in elevator who’s cable broke suddenly find the apparent weight of the man when the elevator falls

Answer 1

The apparent weight will be zero

The elevator will be in free fall.

Now if we consider the FBD of man..............................................................

The gravitational force of earth will work downwards on man.....

The Pseudo force of same magnitude will work upwards on man.....

So total force on man will be zero.....

As weight is the gravitational force on man that is cancelled by the Pseudo force...

The weight will be zero...