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A box has a mass of 5 kg. What is the weight of the box on Earth? Show your work.

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Answer:

mass (m) is 5 kg

acceleration due to gravity (g) is 9.8 or 10 m/s2

weight (w)is ?

w= mg

w=5×10

=50 N

hence weight is 50 N

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