Answer to Question #123732 in Physics for Susan Williams

Question #123732
Explain why a body in a lift appears to be weightless when the lift is descending with higher acceleration.
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2020-06-24T11:21:29-0400

The phenomenon of "weightlessness" occurs when the lift is descending with higher acceleration there is no force of support on your body. When your body is effectively in "free fall", accelerating downward at the acceleration of gravity, then you are not being supported.


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