Question
The heaviest invertebrate is the giant squid which can have a weight of 1.6 tons spread out over its lenght of 60 feet. What is its weight in newtons?
Answers
drwls
Convert 1.6 tons (assumed in the USA to be 2000 lb force each) to Newtons. The squid's length does not matter.
In some countries, a "ton" or "tonne" of mass is 1000 kg.
Weight = 3200 lbf
1 Newton = 0.2245 lbf
Weight = 3200 lbf*(1 N/0.2245 lbf)
= 14,250 N
In some countries, a "ton" or "tonne" of mass is 1000 kg.
Weight = 3200 lbf
1 Newton = 0.2245 lbf
Weight = 3200 lbf*(1 N/0.2245 lbf)
= 14,250 N