An object with a mass of 1 kg weights approximately 2lb. Usethis information to estimate the mass of the followingobjects. a)abaseball ~10 kg b)your physicstextbook ~10 kg c)a pickuptruck ~10 kg *~10 is the same thing as approximately or something likethat...at least that's what the teacher told me. An object with a mass of 1 kg weights approximately 2lb. Usethis information to estimate the mass of the followingobjects. a)abaseball ~10 kg b)your physicstextbook ~10 kg c)a pickuptruck ~10 kg *~10 is the same thing as approximately or something likethat...at least that's what the teacher told me.
Explanation / Answer
" ~10" means they just want the "order" or the nearest factorof ten. . Baseball... weight is 5 ounces, or about 1/3 of apound, or about 1/6 of a kg. . which is 0.17 kg or ~10-1 kg . Physics book weighs about 5 pounds, which is about 2 kgor ~100 kg . Pickup truck weighs about 2 tons, which is about 2000 kg,or ~103 kg