As a basketball player starts to jump for a rebound, he begins to move upward faster and faster until he leaves the floor. During this time that he is in contact with the floor, the force of the floor on his shoes is:

a. bigger than his weight.
b. equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to his weight.
c. less than his weight.
d. zero.


a

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