Define weight of a body . What are the units of weight ?
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The weight of a body is the force on the body due to acceleration of gravity.
Since weight is force, the unit of weight is in Newtons
Since weight is force, the unit of weight is in Newtons
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✴Weight is a kind of force.
✴ The force with which the earth attracts a body is called its weight.
✴The SI unit of weight is newton(N)
✴Weight is also measured in kilogram force(kgf) It is the force with which one kilogram mass is attracted by the earth.
✴1 kgf = 10N
✴The weight of a body is equal to the product of its mass and the acceleration due to gravity.
✴Weight = mass× acceleration due to gravity.
✴Weight varies from place to place
✴It is meausred by a spring balance.
✴It is the force of gravity acting on a body.
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