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Pseudo force
Question

A balloon with mass 'm' is descending down with an acceleration 'a' (where a < g). How much mass should be removed from it so that it starts moving up with an acceleration ‘a’ ?

Moderate
Solution

Let upthrust of air be Fa, then
for downward motion
mg - Fa = ma
for upward motion
Fa(mΔm)=(mΔm)a
Therefore, Δm=2mag+a

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