Question

A man who's mass is 50kg standing in a lift.the lift is moving downwards with acceleration 1.8m/s.find the apparent weight of the man

Answer 1

Answer:

Apparent Weight of man =

Actual weight of man - Upward Force

= Mg - Ma

= M(g-a)

Where

• M is mass of man
• g is acceleration due to gravity
• a is the acceleration of lift

So the putting the values in above formula we get

$50(9.8 - 1.8)$

$50(8)$

$400$

Apparent Weight is 400N

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