A thief jumps from the roof of a house with a box of weight W on his head. What will be the weight of the box as experienced by the thief during jump?

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The thief will have a free fall as well as the box. So no weight will be experienced by the thief during the fall.
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If the thief has a free fall then the weight of the box as experienced by the thief during jump is zero as we know during free fall m(g-g) which is equal to zero, where m is mass and g is gravity.
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The thief will have a free fall as well as the box. So no weight will be experienced by the thief during the fall.
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