Answer
-9.8 $m/s^2$
Work Step by Step
Once the compartment and the man are pulled downwards, there is nothing supporting the coin anymore and so gravity will pull the coin towards the ground. Gravity accelerates things with a = -9.8 $m/s^2$
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 5 - Force and Motion-I - Problems - Page 118: 22a
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