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A boy of weight 25kg slides down a rope hanging from the branch of a tree. If the force of friction against him is 50N, the boy's acceleration is (g=`10 ms^(-2)`)

A

`10ms^(-2)`

B

`12ms^(-2)`

C

`8 ms^(-2)`

D

`2 ms^(-2)`

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