What is the weight of an object?
It is the force with which it is attracted towards the Earth
It is the force with which it is attracted towards the Earth. Therefore, the most accurate definition among the given options is that weight is the force with which an object is attracted towards the Earth (or any other gravitational body).
Important Questions from Gravity
Which of the following statement is correct?
I. Gravitation is a weak force unless large masses are involved.
II. The weight is equal to the product of mass and acceleration due to gravity.
What is the reason that the value of g (acceleration due to gravity) becomes greater at the poles than at the equator?
If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is g, then the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of a planet whose mass is same as that of earth and radius is twice as that of earth is ___________.
A man's mass is 72 kg on the earth. His mass on the moon will be:
At which of the following place, weight of an object is maximum?
