Question

What do you understand by the term weight?

Answer 1

1. The pull exerted on a body by the Earth is called its weight.
2. If $m$is the mass of the body and $g$ the acceleration due to gravity, then the force with which the body is pulled towards the Earth is :

$$\begin{gathered} F=m\times g \\ \therefore Weightofthebody=m\times g \end{gathered}$$

Thus, mathematically the weight of a substance is the product of its mass and acceleration due to gravity.