A person jumps from the fifth storey of a building with load on his head. The weight experienced by him before reaching the earth will be:

z e r o

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m (g + a)

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Solution

The correct option is A $z e r o$
Weight experienced by a body is equivalent to the reaction force acting on the same. When a person with a load on his head jumps from a building, he and the load are in a free fall. We know that there is no reaction force experienced by a body in free fall. Hence, the weight experienced by the person is also $0$ .

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