A box has a mass of 5 kg. What is the weight of the box on Earth? Show your work. (Hint: What is the pull of gravity on an object at Earth's surface?)

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Vagnerr · Answer 1 · 2021-11-08T05:52:33+0000

Answer:

Given that W=mg:

The weight of the box would be 50 N taking the value of 'g' as 10ms-2. Taking the value of 'g' as 9.8ms-2, the weight of the box would be 49 N.

(N = Newtons)