Question

the acceleration due to gravity on earth is 9.80 m/s2. if the mass of a giraffe is 1,470 kg, what is the weight of the giraffe? 1,470 n 150 n 14,400 n 144,000 n

Answer 1

Answer: 14400 N

Explanation:

Weight of an object is the force acting on an object on the center of the body by gravity.

weight=$mass\times acceleratio$

Given mass= 1470 kg

acceleration due to gravity = $9.80m/s^2$

Putting in the values we get,

weight=$1470kg\times 9.80m/s^2=14400kgms^{-2}=14400N$

$1kgms^{-2}=1Newton(N)$

thus weight of the object is 14400 Newton

Answer 2

Weight  = Mass * gravity

             =  1470* 9.8 = 14406 N  ≈ 14,400 N