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Given information

It is given that,

The weight of the woman is  

and the elevator is in a free fall , that is the elevator is accelerating downward with ,

Assuming the Acceleration due to gravity is .

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
Let us consider a free body diagram of the women.
 
    , represents the pseudo force due to the acceleration of the elevator,
 
  , represents the downward force on the women.
         
       

 

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