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A man is standing on a weighing machine placed in a lift, when stationary, his weight is recorded as 40 kg. If the lift is accelerated upwards with an acceleration of $2 m / s^{2}$ , then the weight recorded in the machine will be $(g = 10 m / s^{2})$

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32 kg

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40 kg

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42 kg

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48 kg

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Solution

The correct option is D
48 kg

R = m(g +a) = 40(10 + 2) = 480 N or 48kg

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