Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Newton's Laws of Motion - Conceptual Questions - Page 140: 26

Answer

A banana, a cell phone, a pocketbook.

Work Step by Step

$W=mg$ $m=\frac{W}{g}$. If $W=1~N$ and $g=9.81~m/s^2$: $m=\frac{1~N}{9.81~m/s^2}\approx0.1~kg=100~g$ That is, the objects must have a mass of approximately $100~g$
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