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If you have a mass of 50 kg on
Earth, what is your weight in Newtons?

User Tijko
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Your weight will be 50 x 10 = 500 N

Considering g = 10 m/s²
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Weight on any planet is (mass) x (acceleration of gravity there).

Acceleration of gravity on Earth is about 9.8 meters per second² .
So weight of 50 kg on Earth is (50 x 9.8) = 490 newtons.

(That's about 110.2 pounds.)
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