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The weight of an object with a mass of 5 kg is 450 N. The weight of another object with a mass of 50 kg is 147 N. Check whether the mass and weight are proportional. What is the constant of proportionality?

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Step-by-step explanation:

We are here given that weight of an object having mass of 5kg is 450N .

As we know that,

Weight = mass * acceleration due to gravity (g)

So that ,

450N = g * 5kg

g = 450/5 m/s²

g = 90m/s²

Again in second case,

147N = g' * 50kg

g' = 147/50 m/s²

g' = 29.4 m/s²

since here g ≠ g'

Therefore,

mass and weight are not promotional in this case. This may be due to the fact that the acceleration due to gravitational force of each celestial object is different and weights may have been measured on different planets.

And the constant of proportionality is g ( acceleration due to the gravitational force) .

And we are done!

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