Weight of an object of mass M (4-5)

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$\textbf{Magnitude}$ of the acceleration due to gravity.

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$\textbf{Mass}$ of the object

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$\textbf{Weight}$ of an object (equal to the magnitude of the gravitational force on that object)

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Review

We know from Section 2-7 that if only gravity acts on an object, the object’s acceleration has magnitude $g$ . So, we get the following expression for the weight of an object of mass $m$ .