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A monkey is descending from the branch of a tree with a constant acceleration. If the breaking strength of the branch is 75% of the weight of the monkey, the minimum acceleration with which hte monkey can slide down without breaking the branch is :

A

8

B

`g//4`

C

`3 g//4`

D

`g//2`

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