Weight is the force acting on an object due to gravity. Weight changes depending on an object's mass and the acceleration due to gravity. An object with a mass of 10kg on a planet with an acceleration due to gravity of 5m/s/s would have a weight of 50 newtons. The same object on a planet with half the gravity would have a weight of 25 newtons.
Explain:
An object's weight depends on it's mass and the acceleration it experiences. The acceleration due to gravity on Earth is 9.8m/s/s. An object on Earth with a mass of 100kg would have a weight of 980 newtons.the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is 1/6 of that on Earth. An object on the Moon with a mass of 100kg would have 1/6 it's weight on Earth, about 163 newtons.
Examples:
A 100kg object is on a planet with an acceleration due to gravity of 15m/s/s. What is the weight of the object?
F = m*g
f = force or weight m = mass g = acceleration due to gravity
f = (100)(15)
f = 1,500N
The weight of the object is 1,500 newtons.
Unlike Mass, weight is......
Weight is the force of gravity on an object. The mass of an object is how much matter is contained within it. The mass of an object doesn't change no matter where it is in the universe. The weight of an object will change depending on it's mass and how much gravity it experiences. Mass is how much stuff there is, and weight is gravity's affect on that stuff.
Equations:
f = force or weight
m = mass
g = acceleration due to gravity
F = m*g
Weight:
Define:
Weight is the force acting on an object due to gravity. Weight changes depending on an object's mass and the acceleration due to gravity. An object with a mass of 10kg on a planet with an acceleration due to gravity of 5m/s/s would have a weight of 50 newtons. The same object on a planet with half the gravity would have a weight of 25 newtons.Explain:
An object's weight depends on it's mass and the acceleration it experiences. The acceleration due to gravity on Earth is 9.8m/s/s. An object on Earth with a mass of 100kg would have a weight of 980 newtons.Examples:
A 100kg object is on a planet with an acceleration due to gravity of 15m/s/s. What is the weight of the object?F = m*g
f = force or weight m = mass g = acceleration due to gravity
f = (100)(15)
f = 1,500N
The weight of the object is 1,500 newtons.
Unlike Mass, weight is......
Weight is the force of gravity on an object. The mass of an object is how much matter is contained within it. The mass of an object doesn't change no matter where it is in the universe. The weight of an object will change depending on it's mass and how much gravity it experiences. Mass is how much stuff there is, and weight is gravity's affect on that stuff.Equations:
f = force or weightm = mass
g = acceleration due to gravity
F = m*g
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