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A bowling ball with a mass of 4.5 kg travels at a velocity of 37 m/s for 2.5 s until it stopped at the end of the lane by the ball return. What additional info is required to determine the weight of the
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A bowling ball with a mass of 4.5 kg travels at a velocity of 37 m/s for 2.5 s until it stopped at the end of the lane by the ball return. What additional info is required to determine the weight of the bowling ball?

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None. We already have more than we need ... provided only that the lane is on Earth.

Weight = (mass) (gravity).

On Earth, 'gravity' = 9.8 m/s^2.

Weight of the ball =

(4.5 kg) (9.8 m/s^2).= 44.1 newtons.

(roughly 9.9 pounds)
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