A person, carrying on his head a jewellery box of weight W jumped down from the third story of a building. Before touching the ground, he will feel a load of magnitude:

A person, carrying on his head a jewellery box of weight W jumped down

1.	A person, carrying on his head a jewellery box of weight W jumped down from the third story of a building. Before touching the ground, he will feel a load of magnitude:
A.	Zero
B.	\[\frac{W}{2}\]
C.	1 and 3
D.	infinity
Answer» B. \[\frac{W}{2}\]

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