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A man stands on a weighing machine kept inside a lift. Initially the lift is ascending with the acceleration `'a'` due to which the reading is `W`. Now the lift decends with the same acceleration and reading `10%` of initial. Find the acceleration of lift ?

A

`g/19`

B

`(9g)/11`

C

zero

D

g

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