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Explain the working of an extension spring balance.

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The mass of a plant is twice and its radius is three times that of the earth. The weight of a body, which has a mass of 5 kg, on that planet will be

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The weight of a body is 9.8 N, when g=9.8 m s-2 the mass of the body is
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A person weighs W on the surface of the earth. The weight of the person at the centre of the earth will be:
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Suppose the mass of the earth somehow increases by 10% without any change in its size. What would happen to your weight? How would your weight change if the radius of the earth becomes twice its present value without any change in its mass?
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If the value of g suddenly becomes twice its value, it will become two times more difficult to pull a heavy object along the floor. Why?
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A body weighs 20 kg on the earth's surface. What is its weight at the centre of the earth.
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Suppose the gravitational attraction of earth suddenly disappear, then 
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A body weighs 490 N on a planet whose acceleration due to gravity is half of the earth. Calculate

a. the mass of the body.

b. the weight of the stone on the earth. (take g=9.8 m/s2)

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What is the difference between mass and weight of an object? Will the mass and weight of an object on the earth be same as their values on Mars? Why?
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The weight of an object of mass 15 kg at the centre of the earth is _____.
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A body has a weight W on the surface of earth. What is its weight on a planet which has mass 10 times that of the earth and a radius of 4 times that of the earth?
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If the mass of a body is 5 kg, what is its weight?
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The mass of a body is 50 kg on the surface of the earth. Find its weight on the surface of the planet whose mass is double than the mass of the earth and radius is five times the radius of the earth.
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An object weighs 588 N on the earth. What would be its mass on the moon? What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon? (take g=9.8 m/s2)
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There are two kinds of balances-beam balance and spring balance. If both the balances give the same measure of a given object on the surface of the earth, will they give the same measure on the surface of the moon? Explain why.
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A mass of 1 kg is tied to a string as shown in the figure.

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Find the force exerted on the mass by the Earth (g=9.8 m s-2).

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Give reasons: A body weighs more at plains than at the top of a mountain.
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Mass of a body is 90 kg on the surface of the earth. What would be its weight when measured on the surface of the moon? What would be its mass on the moon? (take g=10 m/s2)