Question

A body’s all small particles have a small weight which is being applied by them to the body, which adds up to the total weight of the body.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me during an internship interview.

This interesting question is from Centre of Gravity topic in portion Centre of Gravity and Centroid of Engineering Mechanics

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

The best I can explain: The weight of the body is the sum of all the small weights that are been applied by all the particles. The smaller the particle the smaller the weight it applies. Thus the total weight of the body is the summation of all the infinite number of small weights applied to the body.