What is weight? (This is a definition.)Your answer:an object's massa result of air pressureO the force of gravity on an objectO the normal force acting on an object

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What is weight? (This is a definition.) Your answer: O an object's mass O a result of air pressure O the force of gravity on an object O the normal force acting on an object

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter7: Gravitation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 57A

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