Whether weight is a vector quantity or not? Please provide the reason too.
Feba Roy , 5 Years ago
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Aditya Gupta
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
On earth, weight of a body is defined as the force by which the body is attracted by the earth towards its center. Weight can thus be considered the same as the gravitational force exerted by the earth on that body. Hence, weight can be deemed a vector since it is a force, irrespective of the planet you consider.
NASA has also clearly labelled weight as a vector. actually mass is a scalar, but weight is a force which has got to be a vector qty.
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Vikas TU
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
Dear student
Acceleration is a vector quantity ,
Force is also a vector quantity ,
So, weight is also a vector quantity .
Hope this helps
Good luck
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