Friday, September 26, 2008

Explaining a Newton to someone (10 pts)




A common quarter pounder weighs about 200g, with bun, or about 2N. 10 N is about 2.2 pounds. Come up with a scale of common objects that are an example of

1 N (.1 kg)

10 N (1 kg)


100 N

1000 N

10000 N
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8 comments:

  1. joe paskerSeptember 26, 2008 at 11:07 AM

    100n=10 kg
    1000=100 kg
    10000=1000 kg

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  2. UnknownSeptember 26, 2008 at 11:11 AM

    1 N (.1 kg)-bag of chips

    10 N (1 kg)-small radio


    100 N (10 kg)-dog

    1000 N-a person

    10000 N-a car

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  3. UnknownSeptember 26, 2008 at 11:11 AM

    1n a pencil

    10ncomputer speaker


    1000n a person


    10000n a car

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  4. UnknownSeptember 26, 2008 at 11:11 AM

    .22lbs/1N=a pencil

    2.2lbs/10N=a guenea pig

    22lbs/100N=computer moniter

    220lbs/1000N=a person

    2200lbs/10000=a car

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  5. Jon SSeptember 26, 2008 at 11:12 AM

    A Hot dog with bun.

    A dog

    A linemen

    A basketball hoop

    A semitruck

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM

    1 N (.1 kg)-hot dog

    10 N (1 kg)-small dog

    100 N - line backer

    1000 N -car

    10000 N - semi-truck

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  7. UnknownSeptember 26, 2008 at 1:33 PM

    1 N. bag of chetos
    10 N. speaker
    100N. dog
    1000N. human
    1oooN vehicle

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  8. UnknownSeptember 29, 2008 at 10:04 AM

    Bag of chips
    A shoe
    A Doggy
    Tory
    A car

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