Find the weight on Earth of a body whose mass is 50 slug.

Question

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Answer 1

The weight of an object is the force of gravity on the object.

The equation for this is W = mg

where m is the mass of an object (in kg) and g is the acceleration due to the planet's gravity (in m/s^2)

We already know that the mass of the object is 50 slugs. So we need to convert that to kg.

Since 1 slug = 14.594 kg, then 50 slugs = 729.7 kg

The acceleration due to the earth's gravity is 9.8 m/s^2.

Substituting these two numbers into the equation,

W = 729.7 * 9.8

= 7151.06 Newtons (N)