Question

A space probe built on earth has a mass of 750 kg calculate the weight of the space probe on earth

Answer 1

Given:

A space probe built on earth has a mass of 750 kg.

To find:

Weight of the space probe

Calculation:

Mass of any object refers to the space occupied by that object. It is a scalar quantity.

Weight of any object is actually a vector and is represented by the product of mass and the gravitational acceleration acting at that point on the Earth surface.

$\sf{weight = mass \times g }$

$= > \sf{weight = 750 \times g }$

$= > \sf{weight = 750 \times 10}$

$= > \sf{weight = 7500 \: N }$

So, final answer:

$\boxed{\rm{weight \: of \: probe = 7500 \: N }}$