A bird is sitting in a large closed cage which is placed on a spring balance. It records a weight of 5N. The bird of mass 0.5 kg files upward in the cage with an acceleration of $2\ ms^{- 2}$. The spring balance will now record a weight of

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(c) The effective weight $=$ weight of bird + reactional force due to acceleration of bird
$= 5 + ma = 5 + 0.5 	imes 2 = 6\ N$

Q. A bird is sitting in a large closed cage which is placed on a spring balance. It records a weight of 5N. The bird of mass 0.5 kg files upward in the cage with an acceleration of $2\ ms^{- 2}$. The spring balance will now record a weight of

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