Question

If a box on a pan balance reads 10 kg, you can be confident that the number represents the object's

Answer 1

If a box on a pan balance reads 10 kg, you can be confident that the number represents the object's mass.

Consider the number which is given in the question carefully that has the SI unit as KG.

as we know that the SI unit of the Mass is KG.

And SI unit of the weight of the body is N

because weight is the product of the mass with g (g=10 approx.)

So,

The given value is the mass of the object only.