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Maximum acceleration of the train in which a 50 kg box lying on its floor will ramain stationary is (Given: Co-efficient of static friction between the box and the train's floor is `0.3 and g =10ms^(-2))`

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`5.0ms^(-2)`

B

`3.0ms ^(-2)`

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`1.5 ms^(-2)`

D

`15 ms^(-2)`

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