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What is the difference between weight and mass?
My science teacher is always saying the words "weight of an object" and "mass of an object," but then my physics book (that I read on my own) tells me completely different definitions from the way ...
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What is the weight equation through general relativity?
The gravitational force on your body, called your weight, pushes you down onto the floor.
$$W=mg$$
So, what is the weight equation through general relativity?
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Why do we weigh less when falling?
I don't want to go to science world to find out because it would be a long round-trip.
I understand that acceleration/deceleration would effect the weight and I can also imagine that someone at ...
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How much does a proton weigh when it is going around the LHC at CERN?
Considering that speed increases weight and the proton is going at almost the speed of light, I would like to know how much a speeding proton would weigh in the LHC.
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Place each foot on a scale: can you add the two to find your weight?
I frequent a blog from a British psychologist, and every Friday he likes to pose an interesting puzzle or riddle. The Monday after that he posts the answer. They're good fun, and IANAP but this week's ...
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If something weighs 25 kg, how do I find the mass of the object?
An object is falling and it weighs 25 kg (on a scale, presumably). What is its mass?
I know that weight is measured in Newtons and mass in kilograms, but what if a problem states that something ...
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Floating Objects and Weight
The Situation:
A ball is placed in a beaker filled with water and floats. It is also attached to the bottom of the beaker via a string.
The Question:
The ball is attached to the beaker, thus ...
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If a cart hits a wall, does the weight of it affect how it moves, when the center of gravity is constant?
I have a model that represents a bicycle (a wood block with wheels), and I'm balancing the center of gravity so it's the same as a real bike. However, when the center of mass is kept constant, does ...
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Archimedes principle and specific gravity
A physical balance measures the gravitational mass of a body. I conducted an experiment to find out the specific gravity of a bob. I first measured the mass of the bob in air, and then in water. The ...
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Forces on an aircraft - thrust, lift, drag, weight
I'm extremely sceptical about the wikipedia page on aircraft flight mechanics. When describing 'straight climbing flight', it says:
lift is unable to alter the aircraft's potential energy or ...
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Is $kg_f$ the same everywhere in the universe?
A textbook question says that a vehicle weighs $25kg_f$ on Earth, and asks us to consider certain issues related to its behaviour on the moon.
My question is, does the unit kilogram-force $kg_f$ ...
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Question about finding $k$ in Hooke's Law
My textbook (Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Dennis Zill) offers the following explanation of Hooke's Law:
By Hooke's Law, the spring itself exerts a restoring force $F$ opposite to the ...
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Weight distribution of rod [closed]
A line with mass - a metal rod of mass $X$, with a scale at each end. As the rod is vertical the scale at the bottom will read the full mass, as the rod reclines to horizontal each scale will read ...
