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A man weight 80 kg. He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of `5m//s^(2)`. What would be the reading on the scale? (Take `g=10m//s^(2)`)

A

zero

B

400N

C

800 N

D

1200 N

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