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Nice easy one, 8kgs, what the heck that is in "Newtons" I cannot be bothered to find out.!
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8 kgs at.25metre, how the heck do you work that to Newtons?
It isn't really applying acceleration anyway is it? Not trying to throw the blessed 4 kg weight anywhere!
(From Wiki) If 200gms is 2 Newtons, then 2kgs is 20 newtons, then 8 kilos is 80 Newtons.
So that must be the answer.
Still don't get Newtons.
And the example to get the 2 newtons was an apple sitting on the surface of the earth.
Why the flip couldn't they say KGs/metre? For torque?
Or is it?
Got too much to do today to be bothered with it.
It isn't really applying acceleration anyway is it? Not trying to throw the blessed 4 kg weight anywhere!
(From Wiki) If 200gms is 2 Newtons, then 2kgs is 20 newtons, then 8 kilos is 80 Newtons.
So that must be the answer.
Still don't get Newtons.
And the example to get the 2 newtons was an apple sitting on the surface of the earth.
Why the flip couldn't they say KGs/metre? For torque?
Or is it?
Got too much to do today to be bothered with it.
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Measure of force, as in Newton Meter for torque. 10n to a kilo (obvs).
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NO!!!!
Not obvs at all!!!
Why does one kilo exerting its weight on the surface of the earth not become 1 Newton, why does it have to be multiplied by 10?
I Know it is something to do with accelerating 1 kg through imetre, but why bring acceleration into it?
Or is it because we have to think about what all this might be in outer space?
I'd only have to look at one of my torque wrenches to work out the equation but still cannot see why pound/foots is so easy to unnerstand yet Newton/metres isn't as in essence it is the SAME blasted thing!
My apologies I am not a happy bunny at the mo and therefore a bit less patient than usual.
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