View Full Version : How much does a 1500 kg car weigh on earth?
 
 jerome387
Jun 25, 2008, 05:47 PM
I need this answer
 Credendovidis
Jun 25, 2008, 06:46 PM
A certain car of a certain mass will weigh here on earth 1500 Kgs.
On the moon that same car will weigh (approx.) 400 Kgs.
 
The answer is therefore not 1500 Kgs, but : "There is no kind of universal car that weighs 1500 Kgs".
 
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 KISS
Jun 25, 2008, 06:54 PM
I'm not buying your answer.
 
Weight is a funny term.  Comes from f=ma.  F is the force or the weight. A is the acceleration due to gravity at 9.8 m/sec^2.  
 
f is in Newtons.  The newton is the unit of force derived in the SI system; it is equal to the amount of force required to give a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of one meter per second squared.
 
In the English system, the unit of mass is the slug.
 
kg is a unit of mass.  The mass is unaffected by gravity.
 
You can give your answer in Newtons or lbs.
Notice I didn't do the problem.