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What is weight?
Key points
- This force is always directed downward
- It depends on the location of the object
Weight is the gravitational attraction between the mass (m) of a body and the mass of the planet it is on.
- The force is always directed downward
- Like all other forces – this is a vector quantity
- g is the acceleration due to gravity – Units: Newton per Kilogram
Not in Formula Booklet but important
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