How we know this elephant weight?

Question

i was asked a question by my physics teacher, it is as a conjecture question as he said: there is an elephant is put on the first side of the balance, and on the other side nothing is put.

plz help. thnx in advance!

Answer 1

One could measure the force exerted by the elephant upon the balance, then use Newtons second law.

F=ma

in this case a is accleration due to gravity, hence, ma is the weight of the elephant.

hope that helps.

Answer 2

I think the elephant will break the balance. There seems to be some missing information to make any calculation

Sorry I couldn't help any more than that.

Answer 3

you cant put anything on the other side?

Answer 4

It would take 2 rhinoceroses and 1 monkey to balance the elephant.