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

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Reading of weighing scale `=m(g+a) = 80(10 +5) = 1200 N`
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