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← ScienceWhich outcome occurs when gravitational and inertial acceleration demonstrate equivalence in a free-falling elevator?
A)Weightlessness is then experienced inside✓
B)Strong tidal forces become immediately apparent
C)Elevator cable tension increases suddenly
D)Air resistance effects drastically increase
💡 Explanation
Weightlessness results, because gravitational acceleration is locally indistinguishable from inertial acceleration, an example of the equivalence principle; therefore, objects float freely rather than exhibiting increasing tidal effects in that comparatively small compartment due local variations in gravity.
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