1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Dmitriy789 [7]
3 years ago
5

How does weight change as the gravitational acceleration changes and why?

Physics
1 answer:
seraphim [82]3 years ago
4 0

Answer

The correct formula for weight is F = m*g where g is the gravitational acceleration.

All over the earth's surface, g is slightly different. The mass does not change no matter where you are. We should be measuring out weights in Newtons, not in kg. So the unit of weight in the metric system is 9.8 about * mass in kg.

Stop reading. This is your answer.

============

Notes

It was hard enough to get people to change over to kg never mind newtons. Canada, which is on the metric system, still gives the price of food in pounds. Or if not, in grams if the container is small enough.

Cashews cost 19$ Canadian per 906 grams which is roughly 2 pounds.

Oranges are $1.27 a pound and that is the way they are listed in Walmart.

10 pounds of potatoes are 4.95 dollars.

I'm sure you get the point. We use kg for certain things and retain pounds for others.  

You might be interested in
A body is accelerated continuously. What is the form of the graph
Andrej [43]

Answer:

If a body is constantly accelerating the graph would be one-quadrant

4 0
3 years ago
What is the relationship between the spring constant and the period in a mass hanging on a spring oscillation and why?
anygoal [31]

Explanation:

Period of a mass on a spring is:

T = 2π√(m/k)

T is inversely proportional with the square root of k.  So as the spring constant increases, the period decreases.

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Light does not pass through some materials. What do you think happens
Hatshy [7]

Answer:

When an electron is hit by a photon of light, it absorbs the quanta of energy the photon was carrying and moves to a higher energy state. One way of thinking about this higher energy state is to imagine that the electron is now moving faster, (it has just been "hit" by a rapidly moving photon)

A photon is a quantum of EM radiation. Its energy is given by E = hf and is related to the frequency f and wavelength λ of the radiation by. E=hf=hcλ(energy of a photon) E = h f = h c λ (energy of a photon) , where E is the energy of a single photon and c is the speed of light.

7 0
1 year ago
Train cars are coupled together by being bumped into one another. Suppose two loaded train cars are moving toward one another, t
stellarik [79]

Answer:

0.243 m/s

Explanation:

From law of conservation of motion,

mu+m'u' = V(m+m')................. Equation 1

Where m = mass of the first car, m' = mass of the second car, initial velocity of the first car, u' = initial velocity of the second car, V = Final velocity of both cars.

make V the subject of the equation

V = (mu+m'u')/(m+m')................. Equation 2

Given: m = 260000 kg, u = 0.32 m/s, m' = 52500 kg, u' = -0.14 m/s

Substitute into equation 2

V = (260000×0.32+52500×(-0.14))/(260000+52500)

V = (83200-7350)/312500

V = 75850/312500

V = 0.243 m/s

8 0
3 years ago
What percentage of the takeoff velocity did the plane gain when it reached the midpoint of the runway? a plane accelerates from
ElenaW [278]
When is at the end of the runway the velocity of the plane is given by the equation vf^{2}=0+2*a*s    where s=1800 m is the runway length. Thus
vf^{2}=2*5*1800=18000 (m/s)^{2}      
vf =134.164 (m/s)  

At half runway the velocity of the plane is
v^{2}=2*5* \frac{1800}{2}=9000 ( \frac{m}{s} )^{2}
 
v= \sqrt{9000}=94.87 ( \frac{m}{s})

Therefore at midpoint of runway the percentage of takeoff velocity is
‰P= \frac{v}{vf}=  \frac{94.87}{134.164}=0.707
6 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • In this diagram,the distance known as the amplitude is shown by choice
    6·2 answers
  • Which terrestrial planet experiences the shortest year?
    15·1 answer
  • The proton is a hadron consisting of three quarks:
    7·1 answer
  • How know that rocks formed from the seafloor sediments deposited in the Amadeus basin were softer than the arkose sandstone
    6·2 answers
  • After completing a scientific investigation, a scientist will draw conclusions about their hypothesis using data they gathered d
    11·2 answers
  • According to the Big Bang theory timeline, all matter and energy was compressed into a very small volume at an extremely high te
    9·1 answer
  • Six members of a synchronized swim team wear earplugs to protect themselves against water pressure at depths, but they can still
    5·1 answer
  • What are the reactants in the photosynthesis chemical equation?
    10·1 answer
  • Please answer quickly
    12·2 answers
  • The electron in a ground-state h atom absorbs a photon of wavelength 97. 25 nm. to what energy level does the electron move?
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!