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It saddens me to say how wrong the previous answer had been (he/she had recommended dividing the weight by 9.8, or to round to 10 and "lose accuracy")-- that it not the case. Weight is a STANDARD unit of measurement, NOT METRIC. Therefore, one must divide the weight by 32.17405 (approximately)ft/s^2, though 32 ft/s^2 is generally acceptable. Your answer for mass will have units of kilograms. Awesome.
In nerd speak (i.e. using mathematical symbols)
w = m*g ==> m = w/g
Where:
w = weight
m = mass
g = gravitation acceleration
==> = symbol used to denote a logical implication
**Units, units, units! Pay attention to your units! You MAY need to do a conversion-- you PROBABLY WILL need to do a conversion if you're still just doing algebra for your physics!
Another answer.
With due deference to the answer at the top of the page, dividing the weight by 9.8 will give the mass of an object. Weight is a force, the force exerted on a body by gravity, obviously there are metric units for force, mass and gravitational acceleration.
The mass of an object is measured in kilograms, force (in this case the weight) is measured in newtons, and gravitational acceleration is 9.8ms-2. So the mass of an object is its weight divided by 9.8ms-2.
Force = Mass x acceleration
Mass = Force/acceleration.
A weight (strictly speaking the force exerted by gravity) of 10 newtons would have a mass of
Mass = 10/9.8= 1.020 kilograms. For general purposes dividing by 10 is close enough, and in everyday usage mass is taken to be the same thing as weight, hence we say we weigh things in kilograms.
To divide by 32.17405 you would need to have the weight in pound-force, and the answer would be in pounds.
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Can you measure to find out how much mass an object has?
Yes, that can be done. Mass measurements are done indirectly; in theory the mass can be determined via an object's weight, or experiments with acceleration (using Newton's Second Law).
How do you find the weight of an object using its mass?
Multiply the object's mass by the acceleration of gravity in the location where the object is presently. Example: Mass = 5 kilograms Acceleration of gravity on earth = 9.8 m/sec2 Weight = (5 x 9.8) = 49 newtons. Since the weight depends on the local gravity, the same mass has different weights in different places.
How do you get the mass of an object?
An easy way to do that is to weigh the object. In principle, the mass can be derived from the weight.
How do you find the mass of an object If the mass of the beaker is 15grams and the total weight is 30.100grams?
Subtract the mass of the beaker from the total weight.
If the weight of an object of mass m is mg then the weight of an object of mass 2m is?
its weight is 2mg
How you could find the mass and weight of an object on earth and the mass and weight of the same object on the moon?
Use a balance with standard masses to find the mass. You need only find the mass at one of the two locations. Find the weight using a spring balance.
How do you find mass using grams?
Weight the object on a balance with SI units.
Can The mass of an object can be determined by weighing the object and using a conversion factor for weight to mass?
False
Can you measure to find out how much mass an object has?
Yes, that can be done. Mass measurements are done indirectly; in theory the mass can be determined via an object's weight, or experiments with acceleration (using Newton's Second Law).
How do you find the weight of an object using its mass?
Multiply the object's mass by the acceleration of gravity in the location where the object is presently. Example: Mass = 5 kilograms Acceleration of gravity on earth = 9.8 m/sec2 Weight = (5 x 9.8) = 49 newtons. Since the weight depends on the local gravity, the same mass has different weights in different places.
How do you get the mass of an object?
An easy way to do that is to weigh the object. In principle, the mass can be derived from the weight.
How do you find the mass of an object If the mass of the beaker is 15grams and the total weight is 30.100grams?
Subtract the mass of the beaker from the total weight.
How does a spring balance measure the mass of an object?
A spring device can only measure an object's weight. In order to find its mass, you then have to either compare its weight with the weight of a known mass, or else use the value of gravitational acceleration to calculate the mass from the weight.
What do you do to find the mass of an object?
Two ways to find the mass of an object:1). Compare it with an object whose mass is known, for example on a balance scale, using a set of calibrated masses.2). Weigh the unknown mass. Since we know the acceleration of gravity on earth (9.8 meters/32.2 feet per second2), we can divide the weight by the acceleration of gravity to find the mass.
How do you change an object's mass on earth to its mass on the moon?
The object's mass is the same wherever it is. Mass doesn't change. What changes is the object's weight.The weight depends on what other mass happens to be nearby.When you know the object's weight on earth, multiply that by 0.1633 to find its weight on the moon.If you don't need it that close, it might be easier to just divide the earth weight by 6.
If the weight of an object of mass m is mg then the weight of an object of mass 2m is?
its weight is 2mg
What is the difrference between weight and mass?
Weight is how heavy and object is and Mass is the size of the object!
