Question

A person standing on the floor of a lift drops a coin. The coin reaches the floor of the lift in time t₁ if the lift is stationary and in time t₂ if it is moving with uniform velocity in upward direction. Then
(A) t₁ = t₂
(B) t₁ < t₂
(C) t₁ > t₂
(D) cannot say anything.

Answer 1

(a) t1=t2
Because the distance between the floor and hand will be same in both cases