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The world's heaviest man is reported to have had a mass of 635 kg what was his weight

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Answer:

about 6230 N

Explanation:

The mass is given to 3 significant figures, so we need a value for the acceleration due to gravity that is at least 3 significant figures. The standard value is 9.80665 m/s². Using that, the force is ...

... F = ma = (635 kg)(9.80665 m/s²) = 6227.22275 N

Since the mass is only good to 3 significant figures, the force must be rounded to that precision: 6230 N.

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