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Grade 6Mechanics

A stone is released from an elevator going upward with an accelaration a then what is accelaration of stone after releasing it?

Profile image of Soumith Chowdary
9 Years agoGrade 6
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Profile image of Niharika G Naik
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer9 Years ago
as soon as the stone is released...it becomes n object under free fall. Initial acceleration doesn’t matter.
hence it is under an acceleration g i.e. 9.8 m/s2
Profile image of Ankit Prajapati
8 Years ago
since the lift is moving upwards the acceleration is oposing the acceleration due to gravity hence g-a upwards is the answer.