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A man slides down a light rope whose breaking strength is `eta` times his weight (`etalt1`) . What should be his minimum acceleration so that the rope just breaks?

A

`eta g`

B

`g(1-eta)`

C

`(g)/(1+eta)`

D

`(g)/(2-eta)`

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