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A stone is released from an elevator going up with an acceleration. What is acceleration of stone after release

Profile image of Shriyanshee
12 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Shobhit Varshney
11 Years ago
Let the acceleration of elevator =a
and accel. due to gravity=g
But when the stone is dropped just after release there is no upward force existing and so no upward force is acting at this time.
So only downward force(gravitational) will occur .