SOLUTION: A 500 kg car parked in the parking lot. Calculate the weight of the car.

Question 1187492: A 500 kg car parked in the parking lot. Calculate the weight of the car.

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do you mean, "the weight"? WHERE is the car? How high above the (?) Earth? How far below sea level?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The weight is the product of the mass (500 kg) by the gravity acceleration (which you can take as 10 m/s^2 in this problem). So the answer is: weight is 500*10 = 5000 newtons.

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