{"id":45333,"date":"2025-07-01T05:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=45333"},"modified":"2025-07-01T05:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:52:11","slug":"one-slug-is-equivalent-to-14-6kg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/one-slug-is-equivalent-to-14-6kg\/","title":{"rendered":"One slug is equivalent to 14.6kg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One slug is equivalent to 14.6kg<br>. A force of 10 pound is applied on a body of one<br>. The acceleration of the body is: (a) 44.5 m\/s<br>(b) 4.448M\/S<br>(c ) 44.4fts<br>(d) none of these<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this problem, we need to apply Newton&#8217;s second law of motion, which states that: F=maF = maF=ma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FFF is the force,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mmm is the mass,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>aaa is the acceleration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The force F=10\u2009poundsF = 10 \\, \\text{pounds}F=10pounds,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The mass of the body m=1\u2009slugm = 1 \\, \\text{slug}m=1slug,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The relationship between slugs and kilograms: 1\u2009slug=14.6\u2009kg1 \\, \\text{slug} = 14.6 \\, \\text{kg}1slug=14.6kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Convert the force from pounds to Newtons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To use the metric system in SI units (meters, kilograms, seconds), we need to convert pounds into Newtons. The conversion factor is: 1\u2009pound=4.448\u2009Newtons1 \\, \\text{pound} = 4.448 \\, \\text{Newtons}1pound=4.448Newtons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the force in Newtons is: F=10\u2009pounds\u00d74.448\u2009N\/pound=44.48\u2009NewtonsF = 10 \\, \\text{pounds} \\times 4.448 \\, \\text{N\/pound} = 44.48 \\, \\text{Newtons}F=10pounds\u00d74.448N\/pound=44.48Newtons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Convert mass from slugs to kilograms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since we know that 1\u2009slug=14.6\u2009kg1 \\, \\text{slug} = 14.6 \\, \\text{kg}1slug=14.6kg, the mass of the body in kilograms is: m=1\u2009slug\u00d714.6\u2009kg\/slug=14.6\u2009kgm = 1 \\, \\text{slug} \\times 14.6 \\, \\text{kg\/slug} = 14.6 \\, \\text{kg}m=1slug\u00d714.6kg\/slug=14.6kg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Calculate the acceleration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we can use Newton\u2019s second law to calculate the acceleration: a=Fma = \\frac{F}{m}a=mF\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Substituting the values for force and mass: a=44.48\u2009N14.6\u2009kg=3.05\u2009m\/s2a = \\frac{44.48 \\, \\text{N}}{14.6 \\, \\text{kg}} = 3.05 \\, \\text{m\/s}^2a=14.6kg44.48N\u200b=3.05m\/s2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The acceleration of the body is approximately 3.05\u2009m\/s23.05 \\, \\text{m\/s}^23.05m\/s2, which is not listed as one of the answer choices. Therefore, the correct answer is <strong>(d) none of these<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-11.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-11-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-11-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-11-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One slug is equivalent to 14.6kg. A force of 10 pound is applied on a body of one. The acceleration of the body is: (a) 44.5 m\/s(b) 4.448M\/S(c ) 44.4fts(d) none of these To solve this problem, we need to apply Newton&#8217;s second law of motion, which states that: F=maF = maF=ma where: We are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45335,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45333\/revisions\/45335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}