During the rotation of a giant wheel, a person experiences loss of weight on the descent. Explain why.

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Solution

As the giant wheel is in free fall condition and Due to free fall, the balance cannot exert a reaction force. Also, the force of gravity is utilized to give acceleration for the body. That's why we fell loss of weight during descent.

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