Timeline for Why is the apparent weight smaller when you crouch down on a scale?
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| May 23, 2016 at 19:11 | vote | accept | Dave Sun | ||
| Sep 22, 2015 at 19:22 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | If it helps, consider what would happen if you pulled your feet up so quickly that your body fell freely toward the scale - that is, a REALLY fast crouch. During the time you were falling (the duration of this really fast crouch), what would the scale read? | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 18:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhysics/status/646392829070192640 | ||
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:56 | comment | added | Solomon Slow | When you read count_to_10's answer, remember that the scale doesn't measure your mass: It measures the force acting between the soles of your feet and the floor. | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:45 | answer | added | user81619 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:39 | comment | added | Bernhard | I wonder who downvoted this question, and why. I think this is an excellent question. | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:36 | comment | added | Jon Custer | Welcome to Physics SE. Please look around and take the tour. If you understand how a scale works, than @Bernhard's comment should get you to an answer readily. | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:31 | comment | added | Bernhard | What makes that you go up and down? | |
| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:24 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Sep 22, 2015 at 17:20 | history | asked | Dave Sun | CC BY-SA 3.0 |