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    This document discusses the relationship between mass and weight. It shows that mass is measured with a balance while weight is measured with a dynamometer. A table displays the mass, weight, and ratio of weight to mass for different objects, demonstrating that the ratio remains constant at 10, meaning weight is directly proportional to mass on Earth. The proportionality relationship is written as W = m x g, where W is weight in newtons, m is mass in kilograms, and g is the gravitational field strength of about 9.81 newtons per kilogram on Earth.

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    This document discusses the relationship between mass and weight. It shows that mass is measured with a balance while weight is measured with a dynamometer. A table displays the mass, weight, and ratio of weight to mass for different objects, demonstrating that the ratio remains constant at 10, meaning weight is directly proportional to mass on Earth. The proportionality relationship is written as W = m x g, where W is weight in newtons, m is mass in kilograms, and g is the gravitational field strength of about 9.81 newtons per kilogram on Earth.

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    This document discusses the relationship between mass and weight. It shows that mass is measured with a balance while weight is measured with a dynamometer. A table displays the mass, weight, and ratio of weight to mass for different objects, demonstrating that the ratio remains constant at 10, meaning weight is directly proportional to mass on Earth. The proportionality relationship is written as W = m x g, where W is weight in newtons, m is mass in kilograms, and g is the gravitational field strength of about 9.81 newtons per kilogram on Earth.

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    5/24/2017 Relationshipbetweenmassandweight

    Gravity
    Relationshipbetweenmassandweight

    Masscanbemeasuredwithabalancewhereasweightcanbemeasuredwithadynamometer.
    Severalmeasuresofmassesandweightsofdifferentobjectscanbeusedtocomparethemand
    establishaneventualrelationshipbetweenthem.

    Thefollowingtableindicatesinitscolumnsthemass,theweightandtheratiobetweenthesetwo
    quantities(W/m)

    Object Object1 Object2 Object3 Object4


    Massm
    0,1 0,2 0,5 1
    (inkg)
    WeightW
    1 2 5 10
    (InN)
    Ratio
    10 10 10 10
    (W:m)

    TheratioW:mremainsconstant(itsvalueis10),sucharesultshowsthatweightisproportionalto
    mass:onEarth,theweightofanobjectcorrespondtoroughlytentimesitsmass.
    Thecoefficientofproportionalitybetweenweightandmassisdenotedbygandcalledgravitational
    fieldstrenght.
    Thegravitationalfieldstrenghtisexpressedinnewtonperkilogram(N/kg)anditsvalueonEarthis
    nearly10N/kg.Moreaccuratemeasureswouldhaveledtoaresultof9,81N/kg
    Theproportionalitybetweenweightandmassleadtothefollowingrelationship:

    W=mxg

    With:
    W:Weight(innewton)
    m:mass(inkilogram)
    g:gravitationnalfieldstrenght(innewtonperkilogram)

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