A man slides down a light rope whose bre...

A man slides down a light rope whose breaking strength in `eta` times his weight `(eta lt 1)`. What should be his maximum acceleration so that the rope just breaks ?

`etag`

`g(1-eta)`

`(g)/(1+eta)`

`(g)/(2-eta)`

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