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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you mean, "the weight"? WHERE is the car? How high above the (?) Earth? How far below sea level?

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (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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