Question #97217

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Sep 30, 2015

1 kgwt is the weight of a mass of 1kg and is equal to 9.81 N according to w=mg, where w is weight, m is mass and g is acceleration due to gravity.
The spring balance has graduations in 0.5kgwt which is equal to (9.81*0.5) = 4.91N
The block starts moving when the pointer is at the 25th division, which is equal to (4.91*25) = 122.6N correct to 1 decimal place.