You are applying force on the pan of single pan weighing balance and the pointer points to 100g. What is the force in newtons applied by you?

Assuming you are on Earth.

1 Answer
Sep 22, 2017

You are applying a force of 0.98 N.

Explanation:

You are applying a force that, to the weighing balance, is as if there were a 100g mass in the pan. The hypothetical 100g mass would apply its weight of
weight=mg=0.1kg9.8ms2=0.98N

So you are applying a force of 0.98 N.

I hope this helps,
Steve