Somewhere you place a 6 kg pumpkin on a spring scale. If the scale reads 18 N,what is the acceleration due to gravity at that location?O 1) 6 m/s²2) 3 m/s²3) 108 m/s²4) 9. 8 m/s²

Given : Mass (m) = 6 kg Reading on the scale (W) = 18 N

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Somewhere you place a 6 kg pumpkin on a spring scale. If the scale reads 18 N, what is the acceleration due to gravity at that location? 1) 6 m/s² ) 2) 3 m/s² 3) 108 m/s² 4) 9. 8 m/s²