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Apparent Weight

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Question

Statement A: When a person is on the floor of a lift which is at rest, the reaction force on him is equal to his weight.
Statement B: When the lift is moving with uniform velocity, then the apparent weight of the man is zero.

A & B are correct.

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A & B are wrong.

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A is correct and B is wrong.

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A is wrong and B is correct.

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Solution

The correct option is C A is correct and B is wrong.
Apparent weight is determined by normal reaction. As lift is going up with uniform velocity so normal reaction will remain same as equal to the weight of the body.

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b) Lift is moving down with acceleration a	f) Apparent weight is zero
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