Question

A man standing in an elevator watches a spider hanging from a thread attached to the ceiling. Suddenly the elevator accelerates downward. The man will see:

• A. the spider thread snap and the spider slowly fall
• B. the spider thread and spider float upward
• C. the spider thread snap and the spider slowly float upward
• D. the spider thread and the spider remain as they were before the acceleration began

Answer 1

The correct option is D the spider thread and the spider remain as they were before the acceleration began

As both man and spider are going down with same acceleration and both are in same frame of reference therefore man will see no change in the position of spider i.e. the spider thread and the spider remain as they were before the acceleration began.