JEE Main 2025 Physics question

PhysicsLaws of MotionJEE Main 2025

A balloon and its content having mass M is moving up with an acceleration 'a'. The mass that must be released from the content so that the balloon starts moving up with an acceleration '3a' will be : (Take 'g' as acceleration due to gravity)

Answer: (3)

Solution

F–Mg=Ma, F–(M–x)g=(M–x)3a. Solving gives x = 2Ma/(g+3a)

Question ID VK-002237