Question

An airplane weighs 18,000lbs. The local gravitational acceleration g is 32fps^2. What is the mass of the airplane?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mass of the airplane, m = 562.5 slugs

Explanation:

Given that,

Weight of the airplane, W = 18,000 lbs

The acceleration due to gravity is, $g=32\ fp/s^2$

Let m is the mass of the airplane. The weight of an object is equal to the product of mass and acceleration due to gravity as :

W = m × g

$m=\dfrac{W}{g}$

$m=\dfrac{18000}{32}$

m = 562.5 slugs

So, the mass of the airplane is 562.5 slugs. Hence, this is the required solution.