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Apparent Weight

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A man in the lift weighs more, when the lift .

A

begins to go up

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begins to go down

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is in free fall

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Solution

The correct option is A begins to go up
As the lift starts up, your motion changes from still to moving upward, so you must have an upward acceleration and you must not be in equilibrium. The normal force from the scale must be larger than your weight, so the scale will read a value larger than your weight.
$R = m (g + a)$
$\to R > W$
$∴$ Apparent weight is greater than actual weight.

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