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Weight



What is weight?


The application of Newton's second law (Equation 60.1) in which $a$ is the acceleration of gravity:


\begin{displaymath}
F_{gravity} = mg
\end{displaymath} (61.3)

What is $F_{N}$?

The force that opposes the downward force of an object and is perpendicular to the plane in contact.


What is the relationship between $F_{N}$ and $F_{G}$?


Equal in magnitude, opposite in direction and acting on the same object.




Alfa Diallo 2006-08-04