A car is held motionless off the ground by a hovering helicopter. If the car's mass is 1500kg, what is the force on the car due to gravity? A. 153 N B. 1470 N C. 1500 N D. 14,700 N

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Colt Gay

2 January, 20:08

A car is held motionless off the ground by a hovering helicopter. If the car's mass is 1500kg, what is the force on the car due to gravity? A. 153 N B. 1470 N C. 1500 N D. 14,700 N

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Boyer · Answer 1

Force of the helicopter is equivalent to weight for this case. Weight is calculated by multiplying the mass of the object and the acceleration. For this case, the acceleration would be the acceleration due to gravity which is equal to 9.81 m/s^2. We calculate as follows:

W = mg

W = 1500 kg (9.81 m/s^2)

W = 14715 N