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What is weight



Reply from Blackhole User Rating:  80 Knowledge Tokens
The force of gravity experienced by body is called weight. i.e w-mg
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Reply from leakywelly User Rating:  2550 Knowledge Tokens
An object placed near the surface of Earth experiences the pull downward of gravity. This pull, or force, is called the weight of the object. The weight of an object is the pull of gravity on that object.
Since weight is a force, it is measured in Newtons. A common symbol for it is:
Fg

'F sub g' is often read 'the force of gravity' or 'the weight'.
Since weight is a force and force is a vector, weight is a vector.
Weight is what causes an object to fall.

The downward pull of the weight of an object is the force that causes the downward acceleration of that object. Objects fall because of their weight.

Without air resistance an object on Earth will accelerate at a rate of 9.8 m/s2 as it falls.

Normally, falling bodies experience air resistance. With air resistance, this acceleration would be decreased as the object fell. Under these conditions the object could reach a terminal velocity and speed up no more.
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