Given below are two statements.
Statement I : An elevator can go up or down with uniform speed when its weight is balanced with the tension of its cable.
Statement II : Force exerted by the floor of an elevator on the foot of a person standing on it is more than his/her weight when the elevator goes down with increasing speed.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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: When the elevator is going up with acceleration
, the apparent weight is given by 
Similarly, when going down, 

Also, weight of the elevator is balanced by the tension in the cable.
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