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A balloon is descending with a constant acceleration a, less than the acceleration due to gravity g. The weight of the balloon, with its basket and contents, is w. What weight w, should be released so that the balloon will begin to accelerate upward with constant acceleration a? Neglect air resistance.

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`(2wa)/(g+a)`
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