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A 20 kg mass is dropped from a tall rooftop and accelerates at 9.8 m/s2. What is the weight of the dropped object?
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A 20 kg mass is dropped from a tall rooftop and accelerates at 9.8 m/s2. What is the weight of the dropped object?

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Objects in free fall are weightless.
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It would have no “weight” since weight is determined by the force normal and since it is accelerating there is no normal force making it weightless
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