How can you convert 38 kg to force?!?

Question

How can you convert 38 kg to force?!?

Answer 1

38 kg (in MKS) is a mass, not a force.

There are systems in which you can say, 38kg of force, and that force is the weight of a 38kg mass on earth.  This system is pretty much standard in the real world where someone says they weigh 50kg or a bunch of bananas weighs a half kilo or whatever.

In MKS, force is measured in newtons.  If you want the weight on earth, you can use:

F = mg

So multiply 38 kg times the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s^2) and that will give you your weight in Newtons.

Answer 2

kg is mass. multiply it by gravity to get force. Use 9.81 for gravity because your mass is kg. 38(9.81). The answer is in Newtons.

Answer 3

F=m.a

a= gravity, roughly 9,81 m/s^2

So, 38kg = +/- 380 Newton

Answer 4

just multiply 38 kg with the acceleration due to gravity at the particular place the object is situated(as values vary from place to place)or multiply by the standard value of 9.81m/s^2 to get the value of the force(that is the weight of the object)in Newtons.

Answer 5

Remember that F = ma

Force = mass * acceleration

So, assuming that 38kg of some mass is dropped, under acceleration due to gravity (9.8 meters / sec^2), then you can insert the numbers into the equation above.

F = (38 kg)*(9.8 m / s^2)

F = 372.4 (kg m / s^2)

F = 372.4 Newtons

However, if this 38kg is subjected to some different acceleration, say someone pushing at a certain acceleration, then this answer would be different.  You would simply input the new acceleration into the equation and solve it in the same manner.