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A man is standing on a weighing machine with a block in his hand. The machine records w. When he takes the block upwards with some acceleration the machine records `w_(1).` When he takes the block down with some acceleration, the machine records `w_(2).` Then choose correct option

A

`w_(1)=w=w_(2)`

B

`w_(1)ltwltw_(2)`

C

`w_(2)ltwltw_(1)`

D

`w_(2)=w_(1)gtw`

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