Acceleration of object in a moving lift

[Kushal]

A small body is released so that it falls to the floor of a lift moving downwards at a constant velocity. How would the acceleration of the body as observed by someone in the lift compared with that observed by a person stationary with respevt to the lift shaft?

 

[malawi_glenn]

What are your thougts so far? Work done, etc

 

[nitsan]

acceleration of body as observed by someone in lift is "g" downwards and by someone stationary is also "g" downward

 

[Kushal]

i'm having much trouble visualizing what is happening... for the person in the lift, i don't think he would be seeing the ball falling differently as it should be actually falling...
the person outside the lift should perhaps be seeing it falling slower...